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<mods:title id="A160EBE846CB33E795565E8DDE925ACE">New Species of Virola (Myristicaceae) from South America</mods:title>
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2.
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.
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.
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:
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(
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fl and fr),
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<collectorName id="C84FADD5C6C506435CFCAF95EA17AE74">G. Tipaz</collectorName>
,
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,
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,
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&amp;
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1789
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(
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: MO-2 sheets! [flowers: accession 05005569, barcode MO-1528199; fruits: accession 05005570, barcode MO-1528198]; isotypes: QCNE [n.v.]).
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<emphasis id="6847DCE51556335A7A08A96A709E0417" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="00BBA1C46B42E4A4B64D271478EEEE6A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="2DAC7C000F5BF98E559A320D2E0758F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
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branch with pistillate inflorescence
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lateral view of pistillate perianth (right), as well as a medial section (left) showing the internal side and gynoecium
<emphasis id="341FAB00FB466BA9E434B8C166946FAD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">C</emphasis>
medial sections of gynoecium, with enlargement of trichomes (right) and stigma (top)
<emphasis id="671A0B72596DDDFCE0485964A0958C8A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">D</emphasis>
lateral view of gynoecium after perianth has fallen
<emphasis id="04826D4E19369D8A44CA57F856C847C6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">E</emphasis>
leaf blade with infructescence
<emphasis id="DCB502CAC275C1EDC79E967AF994624C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">F</emphasis>
abaxial surface of leaf blade showing the midvein with enlargement of trichomes
<emphasis id="6C91F3360771AAE222F85076B2D8BCA7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">G</emphasis>
fruit with detail of indument (right). Drawn by Bobbi Angell based on
<emphasis id="57BDE5E62A16A9FE74C8258642B81A22" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">G. Tipaz et al. 1789</emphasis>
(
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MO-05005569), and
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(
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MO-05005570).
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<paragraph id="362A66732DF153548B137EA82BA12894" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="9A82C8040696476991B3D0AC1364C44F" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
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is more similar to
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<emphasis id="AA7E9898FC336E44805B19C6E459018F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="CD47A77FAFE5067584F06538AB87C3C4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="A61866F9AD0AF11152E298CE6D30F39F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
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from Colombia, Panama, respectively. All these species have relatively large leaf blades and fruits, with lateral veins that are well separated and the abaxial leaf surface covered with stellate, sessile trichomes. Morphologically, it differs from
<taxonomicName id="A60997D0967F7F2A1C70784583CEB733" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. macrocarpa" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="77CEF1888062F8E50AE6653C895F22A2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="54E4EB1D495198ACD04DBB0716089155" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="FCF1BF865637DB9A17A58147A5AEA126" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the abaxial leaf surface densely pubescent (vs. sparsely pubescent). Additionally, it differs from
<taxonomicName id="1AE38A293C72B41551B726F994476961" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. macrocarpa" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="9BDA28FF110217E35990A90206CEE4BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
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in having lateral veins that are more separated ([2-] 2.4-2.7 cm apart vs. 0.8-1.5 cm apart), and large fruits (4.3-4.5
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3-3.6 cm vs. 2.7-3.3
<normalizedToken id="E3F58E371D1A5E2FB398877A34E9CA8D" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-2.3 cm). It differs from
<taxonomicName id="1D7BC99E260FD88FA3F415735CE6BFF4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="A865BAC18FC4C78A1461C3721A02DA5C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
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by its wide fruit (3-3.6 cm vs. [1.9-] 2.3-2.9) and thin pericarp (2.8 mm vs. [2.7-] 3-4.7 mm).
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<paragraph id="8D697B4975105ABBF638449A62CBD3C1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<emphasis id="85449B39DCADD4DD2CC111FD336CF6B3" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Tree</emphasis>
30-40 m
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60-70 cm diameter, inner bark and
<emphasis id="E0CE50F90A9C7061F0BE6B013580EFDB" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">exudate</emphasis>
not described.
<emphasis id="81B24000227C49D7F9A63D9B367D40EC" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Twigs</emphasis>
0.37-0.4 cm thick, terete to slightly compressed, inconspicuously pubescent, trichomes dendritic, sessile, ferruginous, without lenticels.
<emphasis id="993E6AD89CC1C4C0159400FC6AEC8D07" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Leaves</emphasis>
young terminal bud not seen; petiole 1.5-2
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0.34-0.5 cm, terete to slightly canaliculate, sometimes slightly winged, tomentose to tomentulose, the trichomes dendritic; leaf blades 26-28.5
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12.1-14 cm, widely elliptic; adaxial surface of mature leaves drying brown to brown-olivaceous, the surface smooth, sometimes shiny, glabrous; abaxial surface drying dark brown-reddish to brown-whitish, densely pubescent, the trichomes stellate, ca. 0.1 mm diameter, sessile, the central part of the trichome dark reddish or colorless, the branches brown-reddish or colorless; lateral veins ca. 15, ca. 3 veins per 5 cm, spaced (2-) 2.4-2.7 cm, adaxially the same color as the leaf surface or slightly darker, flat to slightly raised, abaxially brown to blackish, raised, glabrescent above, densely pubescent to the sides, arcuate-ascending distally, slightly anastomosing near the margin and without forming a marked intramarginal vein; tertiary veins lightly visible on both sides, but especially below; midvein adaxially flat to slightly elevated, abaxially raised, rounded, glabrescent to tomentose; base obtuse, not revolute, flat; margin flat; apex absent.
<emphasis id="B1CEFB73DD991DEEBA54C32612BE8D39" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Staminate inflorescence</emphasis>
and
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unknown.
<emphasis id="71F247BE3D5CD9B0EFFDDC9AF2C4E822" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Pistillate inflorescence</emphasis>
ca. 4.2 cm long, axes flattened, tomentose, with trichomes dendritic, ferruginous; peduncle ca. 1.2-1.7
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0.3-0.35 cm; main axes with 5 ramifications; bracts not seen.
<emphasis id="B582C0562E42E5D52D84F36391EB014C" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Pistillate flowers</emphasis>
in terminal fascicles of 2-3 flowers, on a receptacle ca. 6 mm wide; perianth ca. 6 mm long, lanceolate, fleshy, brown when fresh, connate by ca. 3-3.2 mm long, external surface densely pubescent with ferruginous and dendritic trichomes, internal surface pubescent (especially on the lobes); lobes 3, ca. 2.8
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1.2-1.5 mm and ca. 0.5-0.6 mm thick, without resinous punctuations when rehydrated; gynoecium ca. 2.5-3.1
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1.5-1.6 mm, conical to subglobose, densely pubescent, the trichomes ferruginous; stigma 2-lobed, ca. 0.5
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0.3 mm, erect, flat seen from above, drying blackish, slightly wavy at the margins.
<emphasis id="8E840AE84CA46D48D1AEE96AABFAD7BE" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Infructescence</emphasis>
ca. 4.5 cm long, with 1 or 4 fruits in immature infructescence, peduncle ca. 1.5
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0.8 cm.
<emphasis id="7E0DE394392B5C819B1006899ED0D7BC" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Fruits</emphasis>
4.3-4.5
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3-3.6 cm, brown when fresh (probably by the indument), ellipsoid, shortly stipitate, densely tomentose, the trichomes dendritic, sessile, ferruginous, not falling to the touch like dust, the surface rugose, the line of dehiscence smooth to faintly carinate, the base obtuse to truncate, the apex obtuse; pericarp 2.8 mm thick; pedicel 0.6-1 cm long.
<emphasis id="DBAD4D0C711BDEFF65AD15CEA88E3056" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Seed</emphasis>
ca. 2.7
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1.6 cm, the testa dark brown to blackish when dry, sulcate; aril described once as red when fresh, dark brown when dry, the texture dry and thin, laciniate almost to the base, in narrow bands distally.
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<paragraph id="B69D11C6F41C95EACD2DF83B7C6FC15F" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Distinctive characters.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3213EF84578562C14FCA131C0E58E206" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<taxonomicName id="F0B686938171BB23DCD891ECF07DBB03" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="14947F9A7322D877D2FFF5B21CF9D1CF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
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is a distinctive species characterized by generally large, wide leaf blades with well-separated lateral veins that are abaxially covered with dense pubescence of stellate, sessile trichomes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D0F9AEB05C7878EC8122EC2F2F096AD3" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparation of pattern of the lateral veins and trichomes on abaxial leaf surface (below) of the newly described species of Virola and species that are morphologically similar A Virola aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7700 A, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (G. Tipaz et al. 1789, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 1769, MO) E V. calophylla (J. E. L. da S. Ribeiro et al. 1138, MO) F V. calophylloidea (C. C. Berg et al. P 18793, MO) G V. cogolloi (A. Cogollo et al. 4198, MO) H V. excisa (C. E. Ceron &amp; F. Hurtado 4147, MO) I V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO; below from A. [H.] Gentry &amp; J. Revilla 20448, MO) J V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrence 675, K below A. E. Lawrence 675, MO) K V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO; below from M. Huaman et al. 334, MO) L V. peruviana (W. H. Lewis et al. 10074, MO) M V. sebifera (R. Aguilar 2171, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 4147, MO) O V. yasuniana (H. Vargas &amp; J. Cerda 678, MO). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688792" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">4B</figureCitation>
) and large fruits (4.3-4.5
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3-3.6 cm) with thick pericarp (2.8 mm) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1041283CC0AD1F986EA46E3EFE5D7AE6" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Comparison of fruits of newly described Virola species, with those species that are morphologically similar to them, noting the shape, indument, a pericarp thickness A V. aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7195, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (D. Rubio et al. 2205, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 158, MO) E V. calophylla (J. J. Pipoly 15614, MO) F V. calophylloidea (S. R. Lowrie et al. 54, MO) G V. cogolloi (D. Cardenas &amp; E. Alvarez 3239, MO) H V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrance 675, MO) I V. excisa (W. Palacios 3186, MO) J V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO) K V. peruviana (D. N. Smith &amp; V. Garcia 13841, MO). L V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO) M V. yasuniana (A. Perez &amp; W. Santillan 4361, MO; right and below from V. Zak &amp; S. Espinoza 5149, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 3924, COL). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688794" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">6B</figureCitation>
). It is also distinctive for being a large tree (30-40 m tall).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B19D7DAE450A82F803A9C1C42B5C5B9A" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="23086B4F057CC0499297A834EBCC3D10" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CA7C26EB96A4DC88CCD530A0EFB3674F" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
It is a great pleasure to dedicate this new species to the Ecuadoran botanist
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Javier
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. He is an excellent botanist, collector and expert of the flora of Ecuador, especially the flora of
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. Among other contributions, he has described at least 26 from different angiosperm families (e.g.,
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et al. 2013
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;
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Torke and
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2013
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EDE9C462CEA4779D6DE5A5090DBC2A77" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v20iss1.2015.n7" author="Kawasaki, ML" journalOrPublisher="Harvard Papers in Botany" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="81 - 84" refId="B34" refString="Kawasaki, ML, Perez, AJ, 2015. Two new species of Myrtaceae from Ecuador. Harvard Papers in Botany 20 (1): 81 - 84, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v20iss1.2015.n7" title="Two new species of Myrtaceae from Ecuador." url="https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v20iss1.2015.n7" volume="20" year="2015">
Kawasaki and
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2015
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,
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) and is coauthor of
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de
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, Ecuador
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E1229D18D636356E1148970FF1F305E0" author="Perez, AJ" journalOrPublisher="Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" refId="B52" refString="Perez, AJ, Hernandez, C, Romero-Saltos, H, Valencia, R, 2014. Arboles Emblematicos de Yasuni, Ecuador. Quito: Publicaciones del Herbario QCA. Escuela de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador" title="Arboles Emblematicos de Yasuni, Ecuador. Quito: Publicaciones del Herbario QCA." year="2014">
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et al. 2014
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) and the treatment of
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for the
<emphasis id="053328604193F2BF67A167050A256DD0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Flora of Ecuador</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6142F1EB8F967E157D46767C4481895A" author="Kawasaki, ML" editor="Persson, C" journalOrPublisher="Goeteborg: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="1 - 186" refId="B36" refString="Kawasaki, ML, Holst, BK, Perez Castaneda, AJ, 2019. Myrtaceae. In: Persson, C, Eriksson, R, Romoleroux, K, Stahl, B, Eds., Flora of Ecuador. Goeteborg: Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences 95: 1 - 186" title="Myrtaceae." volume="95" volumeTitle="Flora of Ecuador." year="2019">Kawasaki et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
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collected specimens of some of the
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<emphasis id="83A5F4C2FACA4B847394914BE44C7A67" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species described here.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1F259488F819BB5EB69099ECCC0D2E83" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="A26502A1BEC56724066F92061CE85D09" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3751CCFE47513AC41C8A6994B34AF012" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<taxonomicName id="91CC2271BC480FA0ABA6D1DBB3A2760A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="E57DC7486419132440E26A3AEBAAFE25" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is know from Carchi and Esmeraldas provinces in Ecuador (Fig.
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). It grows in primary vegetation in premontane rain and very wet forest from (500-) 1600-1800 m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="58DDC11943CD222BB5DAB1C7A0D541C4" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="6EA5B7061B78C1024D7A430DF95FA458" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0DFF3F8ECC72D290C06423C6F42A83A7" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
Only a single studied specimen of
<taxonomicName id="F12091D07B77218ADB68113AD46C790A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="0E61AE1E9D2FD8E275F0544522D30E88" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has pistillate flowers; it was collected in August. Staminate flowers were not observed in the studied material. Fruits were collected in August and September.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="EAFBBC9B3F86F5132FA1D3E53F6CBE3E" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="common name and uses">
<paragraph id="2DFA06B96C4A0EC426917DE3E80B861A" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Common name and uses.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5280A0D7F08024813BBCCC913D0949AC" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
Guangare macho (Ecuador;
<emphasis id="EF04A77E2EE365C20C8AB5BECA156C2D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">C. Aulestia &amp; M. Aulestia 1017</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3A5F641FA4C5DC0DC562F95F7A813619" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="preliminary conservation status">
<paragraph id="F7E698BA1F84D1A291B61EA1A8DE2C7F" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Preliminary conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E91B4545B0996A1330E3524C4BEFBEA8" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<taxonomicName id="B7CADE128040AC0B6BB0EE281DC53504" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" genus="Virola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Virola alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Spermatophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="A1AEFDFC2C89E4575E353EC147DA77DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is Endangered following IUCN criteria B1a and B2a. It is known from three localities, has an EOO of 966 km2, and an AOO of 12 km2. Further justifying this status, this new species occurs in a region of very high rates of deforestation due to agricultural pressures (
<bibRefCitation id="E0A368CFC3B7E2568F4D2AB87D64EC11" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020268" author="Kleemann, J" journalOrPublisher="Land (Basel)" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination=": 268" refId="B37" refString="Kleemann, J, Zamora, C, Villacis-Chiluisa, AB, Cuenca, P, Koo, H, Noh, JK, Fuerst, C, Thiel, M, 2022. Deforestation in continental Ecuador with a focus on protected areas. Land (Basel) 11 (2): 268, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020268" title="Deforestation in continental Ecuador with a focus on protected areas." url="https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020268" volume="11" year="2022">Kleemann et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
). The only specimens of
<taxonomicName id="98260413668FF1A5FDACFF4D536E8722" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="0BEC8B70EAE1FA2257D9A33097E19984" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. alvaroperezii</emphasis>
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that we were able to verify were collected on the
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Reserve, and this species may be locally protected by sustainable forestry practices by the
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indigenous community (
<bibRefCitation id="4D23A9793EEFE345C9DBDEB40AE540E0" author="Oviedo, G" journalOrPublisher="Parks" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="49 - 55" publicationUrl="https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/parks_16_1_forweb.pdf" refId="B49" refString="Oviedo, G, 2006. Community conserved areas in South America. Parks 16 (1): 49 - 55, https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/parks_16_1_forweb.pdf" title="Community conserved areas in South America." url="https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/import/downloads/parks_16_1_forweb.pdf" volume="16" year="2006">Oviedo 2006</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2125A4884862546516C4B4A11F1FE852" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="479767AEFB25EC6C209AA787C59E78A3" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3E9486932AEDE679960B0D8DCD2A984" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
Herbarium specimens of
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<emphasis id="24B34764A0DFC6440B3D9B1157AB1F3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been confused with another montane species,
<taxonomicName id="144AA6F9BE8AC754DBA9F941209B1459" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. macrocarpa" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="1903FD11B51526D0E2E83693264410C4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Colombia (1100 m elevation). It could be confused with another Colombian species,
<taxonomicName id="877D562AD857DD8BF836850F3675052F" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. cogolloi" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cogolloi">
<emphasis id="7CD4E2BB02B5397CFE02F44B6B61E3C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. cogolloi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(840-1500 m elevation), which is formally described here, as well with
<taxonomicName id="4B85737CF917E45D03504AA1C2440640" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="837D49A9836A98BFCDC74DDDEABF1BCE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
D. Santam., recently described from Panama (50-850 m elevation) (
<bibRefCitation id="FA24B5E0E02FA2F75A6496573691EDE1" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.134.37979" author="Santamaria-Aguilar, D" journalOrPublisher="PhytoKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="1 - 82" refId="B64" refString="Santamaria-Aguilar, D, Aguilar Fernandez, R, Lagomarsino, LP, 2019. A taxonomic synopsis of Virola (Myristicaceae) in Mesoamerica, including six new species. PhytoKeys 134: 1 - 82, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.134.37979" title="A taxonomic synopsis of Virola (Myristicaceae) in Mesoamerica, including six new species." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.134.37979" volume="134" year="2019">
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et al. 2019
</bibRefCitation>
). All these species have relatively large leaf blades and fruits, with lateral veins that are well separated and the abaxial leaf surface covered with stellate, sessile trichomes. Differences among the three species are summarized in Table
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="25F898D9DB1D016B8AD16DFDABE5F583" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Table 2.</emphasis>
Comparison of
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<emphasis id="F7BAE5E82F1EF1FAEF39D0FABD77EF35" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Virola alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with
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<emphasis id="6E22A0D23C3D1B45E640E25EA1A495E2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. cogolloi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C9493F05974493117F5AFF9B5063965D" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. macrocarpa" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="F7CB7662D9139FAF897659E27BA9441D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="3FB31591291B617D9980C50609FA5605" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="1F620C6388BBB00E609DE84EDED54AB9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. †From
<bibRefCitation id="37D947A8420B5E5157E90A867B9F59CC" DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/2804799" author="Smith, AC" journalOrPublisher="Brittonia" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="393 - 510" refId="B74" refString="Smith, AC, Wodehouse, RP, 1938. The American species of Myristicaceae. Brittonia 2 (5): 393 - 510, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2804799" title="The American species of Myristicaceae." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/2804799" volume="2" year="1938">Smith and Wodehouse (1938)</bibRefCitation>
.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="1A2527D3457F977931DC648CB4E720C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<table id="17B9B9F18E60105DC1F9C678084FBF56" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<tr id="60E8D00909A42FBF52159A9D1051B510" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<th id="FABE0E0C6D89EABDD88A4C23AADB3213" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Morphological character</th>
<th id="B5885E929B9950BF17A7F0BFA8F49456" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="507F754A58F7F840CF8651E9F6B24148" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. alvaroperezii" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alvaroperezii">
<emphasis id="C7C06D35DF85EAC62BCE7C70170A3162" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="EDA85577A2D96C724B434CD812B8CC1E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="CE89AA43F04D91AA2B1FECE410AD211C" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. cogolloi" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cogolloi">
<emphasis id="6148F517D2537E992A5CBC14CEB2EAA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. cogolloi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="6618A1EDC1EA69AEE7931B2AC610E40C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="23D0E39DF7E1815C389B1160F9334BF0" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. macrocarpa" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
<emphasis id="CDCDFB38076F0AF7F6255E6D64C1ABAA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="E1D37D74409EFCD7776D426A2F1B62A9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C278F715A5C1DCEEB4E5E3FC0FF73A0B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myristicaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. otobifolia" order="Magnoliales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="otobifolia">
<emphasis id="6E81D58FAEBA8CA24EC218BC0FDCD6AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. otobifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<tr id="83144F476DBD45AB646CE0FFEF31A22E" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<td id="9FB375F709080788CBC30536BA519B8D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Leaf blade size, and pubescence abaxially</td>
<td id="58F5F5F94667A0B215214BF48E10C364" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
26-28.5
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12.1-14 cm; densely pubescent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CC5FF19A7D5B408B17BE061794AB211E" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparation of pattern of the lateral veins and trichomes on abaxial leaf surface (below) of the newly described species of Virola and species that are morphologically similar A Virola aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7700 A, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (G. Tipaz et al. 1789, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 1769, MO) E V. calophylla (J. E. L. da S. Ribeiro et al. 1138, MO) F V. calophylloidea (C. C. Berg et al. P 18793, MO) G V. cogolloi (A. Cogollo et al. 4198, MO) H V. excisa (C. E. Ceron &amp; F. Hurtado 4147, MO) I V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO; below from A. [H.] Gentry &amp; J. Revilla 20448, MO) J V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrence 675, K below A. E. Lawrence 675, MO) K V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO; below from M. Huaman et al. 334, MO) L V. peruviana (W. H. Lewis et al. 10074, MO) M V. sebifera (R. Aguilar 2171, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 4147, MO) O V. yasuniana (H. Vargas &amp; J. Cerda 678, MO). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688792" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">4B</figureCitation>
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</td>
<td id="F59A625132A369283166C91B2B57C43D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
25-29.7
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(9.2-) 10.8-15 cm; densely pubescent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="46A69FA12628DC4F3EBAD3D2A280B48C" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparation of pattern of the lateral veins and trichomes on abaxial leaf surface (below) of the newly described species of Virola and species that are morphologically similar A Virola aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7700 A, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (G. Tipaz et al. 1789, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 1769, MO) E V. calophylla (J. E. L. da S. Ribeiro et al. 1138, MO) F V. calophylloidea (C. C. Berg et al. P 18793, MO) G V. cogolloi (A. Cogollo et al. 4198, MO) H V. excisa (C. E. Ceron &amp; F. Hurtado 4147, MO) I V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO; below from A. [H.] Gentry &amp; J. Revilla 20448, MO) J V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrence 675, K below A. E. Lawrence 675, MO) K V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO; below from M. Huaman et al. 334, MO) L V. peruviana (W. H. Lewis et al. 10074, MO) M V. sebifera (R. Aguilar 2171, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 4147, MO) O V. yasuniana (H. Vargas &amp; J. Cerda 678, MO). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688792" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">4G</figureCitation>
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<td id="CFBC3BABCB488E4F952939B004FBA50B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
20-40
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7-11 cm†; sparsely pubescent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C74D956771776CEE1CC101D442D599E2" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Comparation of pattern of the lateral veins and trichomes on abaxial leaf surface (below) of the newly described species of Virola and species that are morphologically similar A Virola aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7700 A, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (G. Tipaz et al. 1789, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 1769, MO) E V. calophylla (J. E. L. da S. Ribeiro et al. 1138, MO) F V. calophylloidea (C. C. Berg et al. P 18793, MO) G V. cogolloi (A. Cogollo et al. 4198, MO) H V. excisa (C. E. Ceron &amp; F. Hurtado 4147, MO) I V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO; below from A. [H.] Gentry &amp; J. Revilla 20448, MO) J V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrence 675, K below A. E. Lawrence 675, MO) K V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO; below from M. Huaman et al. 334, MO) L V. peruviana (W. H. Lewis et al. 10074, MO) M V. sebifera (R. Aguilar 2171, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 4147, MO) O V. yasuniana (H. Vargas &amp; J. Cerda 678, MO). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688792" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">4J</figureCitation>
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</td>
<td id="17D6CCAE5A948EF3912F371547A39C11" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
(14-) 18.2-42.5
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(4.1-) 7.3-14.2 cm; sparsely pubescent
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D69558889B6CAF0FC28B7EA1D79287AF" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<td id="2B3B5C77EA3EAB1B67BE2B098984FBE4" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Spaced lateral veins</td>
<td id="3E39FDAA6E4C1F05B5B1E9CAD7FF75F8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">(2-) 2.4-2.7 cm apart</td>
<td id="383D65483AB918D4778C199C0DC3AB27" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.9-2.5 cm apart</td>
<td id="3AFED1505E455193D5AA9027C63E4706" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">0.8-1.5 cm apart</td>
<td id="806D11B558B34D2A521215E9D5434EB3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.7-3 cm apart</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7AE013AD55DC4151C2A12755ACAF8B1F" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<td id="E5EAA962C5C0AA3D3A259A98C1E78721" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Fruit size, and pubescence</td>
<td id="34CC907BC81801B2E31DA1720852E025" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
4.3-4.5
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3-3.6 cm; with persistent trichomes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B0CDD632693C2380C7E93F1C5149E2B4" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Comparison of fruits of newly described Virola species, with those species that are morphologically similar to them, noting the shape, indument, a pericarp thickness A V. aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7195, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (D. Rubio et al. 2205, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 158, MO) E V. calophylla (J. J. Pipoly 15614, MO) F V. calophylloidea (S. R. Lowrie et al. 54, MO) G V. cogolloi (D. Cardenas &amp; E. Alvarez 3239, MO) H V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrance 675, MO) I V. excisa (W. Palacios 3186, MO) J V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO) K V. peruviana (D. N. Smith &amp; V. Garcia 13841, MO). L V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO) M V. yasuniana (A. Perez &amp; W. Santillan 4361, MO; right and below from V. Zak &amp; S. Espinoza 5149, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 3924, COL). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688794" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">6B</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td id="E6ED1BD7DD5E88B96581B2264514AE10" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.7-3.2
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1.7-2.2 cm; the trichomes do not fall easily like dust (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B99DEB0DBE67A914AF1C82BFB3E964AD" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Comparison of fruits of newly described Virola species, with those species that are morphologically similar to them, noting the shape, indument, a pericarp thickness A V. aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7195, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (D. Rubio et al. 2205, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 158, MO) E V. calophylla (J. J. Pipoly 15614, MO) F V. calophylloidea (S. R. Lowrie et al. 54, MO) G V. cogolloi (D. Cardenas &amp; E. Alvarez 3239, MO) H V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrance 675, MO) I V. excisa (W. Palacios 3186, MO) J V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO) K V. peruviana (D. N. Smith &amp; V. Garcia 13841, MO). L V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO) M V. yasuniana (A. Perez &amp; W. Santillan 4361, MO; right and below from V. Zak &amp; S. Espinoza 5149, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 3924, COL). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688794" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">6G</figureCitation>
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</td>
<td id="88933D1ED0038047DA56DDE731184150" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.7-3.3
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2-2.3 cm†; with caducous trichomes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="65DC951EF4A56B53E4AEA66545C8C2FE" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Comparison of fruits of newly described Virola species, with those species that are morphologically similar to them, noting the shape, indument, a pericarp thickness A V. aguarunana (C. Diaz et al. 7195, MO) B V. alvaroperezii (D. Rubio et al. 2205, MO) C V. bombuscaroensis (J. Homeier 4507, MO) D V. calimensis (M. Monsalve 158, MO) E V. calophylla (J. J. Pipoly 15614, MO) F V. calophylloidea (S. R. Lowrie et al. 54, MO) G V. cogolloi (D. Cardenas &amp; E. Alvarez 3239, MO) H V. macrocarpa (A. E. Lawrance 675, MO) I V. excisa (W. Palacios 3186, MO) J V. obovata (R. Vasquez &amp; N. Jaramillo 3822, MO) K V. peruviana (D. N. Smith &amp; V. Garcia 13841, MO). L V. parkeri (A. Monteagudo et al. 10761, MO) M V. yasuniana (A. Perez &amp; W. Santillan 4361, MO; right and below from V. Zak &amp; S. Espinoza 5149, MO) N V. tuckerae (A. Cogollo et al. 3924, COL). Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688794" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">6H</figureCitation>
)
</td>
<td id="3CAC90D4CD8B501044792C8C0BEF841C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
(2.7-) 3.5-4.5
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(1.9-) 2.3-2.9 cm; densely tomentose, with persistent trichomes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="23B0A097F708476FA0ADCE25AD7CBB65" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Fruit morphology of Virola, note shape, pericarp, indument, and arils. Also see the green color of pericarp, and the minutely pubescent, falling easily as dust (A-D, F), and the yellow pericarp (J-M) A Virola sp B V. allenii C V. elongata D V. otobifolia E Virola sp F V. sebifera G Virola sp H Virola sp I V. surinamensis J V. fosteri K V. cf. nobilis L V. laevigata M V. koschnyi N V. chrysocarpa. Photos by Reinaldo Aguilar (B, F, K, L, M, N), Christopher Davidson (A, C, G), Robin Foster (E, H), Alwyn H. Gentry (D), Manuel Morales (J), Luiz O. A. Teixeira (I)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.197.81367.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/688791" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3D</figureCitation>
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<td id="5191BA018FF9EE49F98EE38F26BB20E7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Pericarp thickness</td>
<td id="9CCF7FD02FE65C92014290CCCA81CDD7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">2.8 mm</td>
<td id="BF1755001E23965815C0F1CEBD5282B2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.2-1.6 mm</td>
<td id="7B0CA5124101247C9C0C2F8D18DFC5EF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">1.8-3 mm</td>
<td id="33D721AD8F8D49C13096F47C7D968D61" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">(2.7-) 3-4.7 mm</td>
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<tr id="091EE5A1E9060B6A6581EF715D72AAAF" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<td id="A954B96897E6218FEF895242DF4787AA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">Seed</td>
<td id="5B40FFA02B166811982987A8E3A9556D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.7
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1.6 cm
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<td id="25086C30570AFF0EC4C97C3CEFE88B63" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.2-2.4
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1.3-1.4 cm
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<td id="C4398D003FE06831C420BE9F26BB559A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.2-2.5
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1.5-1.7 cm†
</td>
<td id="5F775784E4B7944C5C216B1D018B5BF9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">
2.5-2.8
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1.5-1.7 cm
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="77E5628163D8030B44004F66308E1E4E" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" type="notes">
<paragraph id="A5652FC37678CCBC4F39F31CE30EFB43" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="164AEDB5D214AC730FAA3A60BC91DAAB" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
The holotype deposited at Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) represents a single collection mounted on two sheets that are clearly labeled (i.e., &quot;Sheet 1 of 2&quot; and &quot;Sheet 2 of 2&quot;) as being parts of the same specimen (ICN Art. 8.3;
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); one of the sheets carries pistillate flowers (MO-05005569) and the other, fruits (MO-05005570).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6C455B0980E7398E09DDDA3503896A28" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Leaf size and the number of lateral veins may be higher than presented here, as most of the material examined had broken leaves.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F1938CBF1444D0D3A92747B63CD3DF20" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
The collection
<emphasis id="F6C88CCE7531A82D25A35600554F45C0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">C. Aulestia &amp; M. Aulestia 1017</emphasis>
(MO) from Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador bears a fruit (possibly immature) that is smaller (ca. 3.7
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2.6 cm) with thinner pericarp (ca. 2 mm) than other specimens of
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<emphasis id="D2383840C879961AA92DEC4665665869" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. alvaroperezii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, it otherwise matches very well including in its leaf morphology, tall tree habit, and occurrence
<normalizedToken id="F2E4C06C193ACB43C960BC320BE36851" originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
Mira basin; for this reason, it is included in the concept we have adopted, although the fruit measurement is not included in the description.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7173DD323E2E61C413AED154837B3EAC" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
The fruit specimen
<emphasis id="24B0E0C68282D229B650C8F89BF8038B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">H. Vargas et al. 4603</emphasis>
(MO, QCNE [image!]), also from Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, could not be confirmed to the species. It is similar to
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<emphasis id="6BAF65A4EBFC1E4BD0E771898CAFBD68" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. alvaroperezii</emphasis>
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in its leaf morphology (e.g. size, pubescence and trichomes, lateral vein spacing); however, its fruits are rounded and smaller (ca. 3.2-3.3
<normalizedToken id="E588B8DE6DFCB1294BFB33B0F5A154A1" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2.6-2.7 mm) with a conspicuous carina.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F18565D5327B374AAF84B282C9B2A59" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
The two collections of
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<emphasis id="D6D8DA05C9EDE7908C474D2438F06D84" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">V. macrocarpa</emphasis>
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from Carchi Province that are cited in
<emphasis id="99AA0D510C64E3E9B3EA6FF898CBBAD2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Flora of Ecuador</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4BA2B6D4622EA0E415B6E87A210F398C" author="Jaramillo, TS" editor="Harling, GW" journalOrPublisher="University of Goeteborg, Goeteborg" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="1 - 101" refId="B33" refString="Jaramillo, TS, Muriel, P, Balslev, H, 2004. Myristicaceae. In: Harling, GW, Andersson, L, Eds., Flora of Ecuador. University of Goeteborg, Goeteborg 72: 1 - 101" title="Myristicaceae." volume="72" volumeTitle="Flora of Ecuador." year="2004">Jaramillo et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
) correspond to this new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="5AC1EEC34D640A835544DEAB29514E56" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D7DB4C106DEC783C897B53CFDC899C29" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<materialsCitation id="E5291F8EC0803B33B9FA263F37DDBF0C" collectingDate="1991-09-20" collectorName="Comunidad El Baboso, de Lita, D. Rubio" country="Ecuador" county="Tulcan" elevation="1600" latitude="0.8833333" location="Comunidad El Baboso" longLatPrecision="1308" longitude="-78.333336" municipality="Reserva Indigena Awa" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Carchi">
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<collectingCountry id="B0F0BF03025F85E8EFB69C821153AF43" name="Ecuador">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
.
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:
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<collectingCounty id="9B8B097ED38C825B1F294B050F4548FC">Tulcan</collectingCounty>
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,
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Reserva
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,
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</collectorName>
,
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al norte
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,
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,
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,
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<elevation id="A9C8458E41ACA4DDC7A06D68EEF436BD" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectingDate id="A40EEE021D2D56118F38A32C60C26233" value="1991-09-20">20 Sep 1991</collectingDate>
(fr),
<emphasis id="1CA40F83EC3367095C7E5CBA3D91BDDD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<collectorName id="67889FBBB7F555AE253BCEE6C9899895">D. Rubio</collectorName>
et al. 2205
</emphasis>
(MO!, QCNE [n.v.])
</materialsCitation>
.
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<collectingRegion id="B2A9ED3AB572BA70856C08EB48DDA70B" country="Ecuador" name="Esmeraldas">Esmeraldas</collectingRegion>
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:
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Reserva Etnica
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</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="E79D684D22CE43C7185CEAECE916C5B5">Parroquia Ricaurte</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="E3FB2868761191857B55E22EF85333B6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1D9442D9ED21599C9E139ED331D901D4:E3FB2868761191857B55E22EF85333B6" country="Ecuador" county="Reserva Etnica Awa" latitude="1.1333333" longLatPrecision="1308" longitude="-78.6" municipality="Parroquia Ricaurte" name="Centro Pambilar" stateProvince="Esmeraldas">Centro Pambilar</location>
,
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,
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,
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<elevation id="6862F5D04A3B4FE9812BBD7320417940" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="m" value="500.0">500 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
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(fr),
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<collectorName id="374E9D4FBE9E2B0DFA0C7362BA4831DA">C. Aulestia</collectorName>
&amp;
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1017
</emphasis>
(MO!, QCNE [n.v.])
</materialsCitation>
.
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