New Species of Virola (Myristicaceae) from South America Author Santamaria-Aguilar, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6339-8250 Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 103 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 - 1705, USA & Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA daniel.santamaria366@gmail.com Author Lagomarsino, Laura P. Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 103 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 - 1705, USA text PhytoKeys 2022 2022-05-30 197 81 148 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367 1314-2003-197-81 37EA452A15155D1CB85CA350AF70A112 Virola kwatae Sabatier. Adansonia ser. 3,19: 273. 1997. Type . French Guiana . Rivere Arataye , Saut Parare , 31 Jul 1984 [ ♀ fl & fr], [ D.] Sabatier 931 ( holotype P [barcode P00135215, image!]; isotype CAY, INPA, K [barcode K000575173, image!], MPU [barcode MPU024622, image!], NY! [NY00346038], P-3 sheets [barcodes P00135216, P00135217, P00135218, image!], US [barcode US00623540, image!]) . Distributions. French Guiana and Brazil ( Amapa ). Common name. Gaan busi Mulumba (Paramaka; Sabatier 1997 ). French Guiana: yayamadou, yayamadou montagne ( Creole ) ( Mitchell 2002 ). Etymology. The specific epithet alludes to the Spider monkeys, or ateles ( Ateles panisczis ), locally called kwata, who consume the fruits of this species ( Sabatier 1997 ). Note. Virola kwatae was previously known from French Guiana. However, in a recent study of herbarium specimens at New York Botanical Garden, a collection with fruit made in Amapa state, Brazil was located. To our knowledge this represents the first record of this species among the Flora of Brazil. Specimens examined. Brazil . Amapa : Municipio Macapa , Rio Falsino , approx. 10 km upstream of confluence with Rio Araguari , 00°50'S , 51°45'W , 13 Dec 1984 (fr), D. C. Daly et al. 3865 (MO [n.v.], NY!, US [image!]) . Nomenclatural note