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<mods:title>Two new species of endemic Ecuadorean Amaryllidaceae (Asparagales, Amaryllidaceae, Amarylloideae, Eucharideae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Oleas, Nora</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Universidad Tecnologica Indoamerica, Centro de Investigacion de la Biodiversidad y Cambio Climatico, Machala y Sabanilla, Quito, Ecuador</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="B9D10428-01B9-3621-5F3B-99604F02A6E4" authority="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana" status="sp. nov.">Eucharis ruthiana Jost, Oleas & Meerow</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="3">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Eucharis ruthiana. A Plant in cultivation B-C Leaves B Adaxial view C Abaxial view D-H Flowers D Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit E Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona F Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium G Lateral view H Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium I Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules J Distribution of Eucharis ruthiana in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www. freeworldmaps. net." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41393" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
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appears closely related to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
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(Baker) Meerow (
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<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Sida" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="29 - 49" refId="B3" refString="Meerow, AW, 1987a. New species of Phaedranassa and Eucharis (Amaryllidaceae). Sida 12: 29 - 49" title="New species of Phaedranassa and Eucharis (Amaryllidaceae)." volume="12" year="1987 a">Meerow 1987a</bibRefCitation>
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), placing it in
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis (Heterocharis) subsp. subg." order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Heterocharis">Eucharis subg. Heterocharis</taxonomicName>
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Meerow, characterized by large campanulate, fragrant flowers, numerous ovules per locule, and green mature capsules (
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<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="136 - 220" publicationUrl="10.2307/2399347" refId="B5" refString="Meerow, AW, 1989. Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 136 - 220, DOI: 10.2307/2399347" title="Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae)." url="10.2307/2399347" volume="76" year="1989">Meerow 1989</bibRefCitation>
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). It differs from this species by the narrower leaves and tepals, mild (vs. strong) fragrance, deeply cleft staminal corona with long marginal teeth, the incurved free filaments, and the short style (Table
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Contrasting features of Eucharis ruthiana and Eucharis moorei." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E4C8D089BB739D0F973740919AFAC572" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" tableUuid="E4C8D089BB739D0F973740919AFAC572">2</tableCitation>
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). From the putative hybrid
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Eucharis
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grandiflora
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Planch. & Lind., (1853) it differs by the long staminal teeth and its fertility.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Table 2.</emphasis>
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Contrasting features of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Leaf/width ratio</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">3:1</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1"><2:1</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">No. flowers</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">8-16</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">4-7</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Tepal width</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">15-19 mm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">17-27 mm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Staminal corona</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Deeply incised</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Connate for most of its length</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Length of staminal teeth</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">7.5-8 mm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">2.5-3 mm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Habit of free staminal filament</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Incurved</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Straight</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Style length</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">2.3-2.6 cm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">6-7 cm</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Floral Fragrance</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Mild</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rowspan="1">Strong</td>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Type.</paragraph>
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ECUADOR: Zamora-Chinchipe, near Zamora, on rocky soil in the understory of lower montane forest ca. 1100 m elevation, June 2006,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Jost 8278</emphasis>
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(Holotype: QCA!, Isotypes: QCNE!).
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description.</paragraph>
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Geophytic, evergreen perennial from tunicate bulbs, tunics reddish brown, thin; immature bulb ca. 3 cm
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2.5 cm. Leaves (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Eucharis ruthiana. A Plant in cultivation B-C Leaves B Adaxial view C Abaxial view D-H Flowers D Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit E Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona F Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium G Lateral view H Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium I Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules J Distribution of Eucharis ruthiana in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www. freeworldmaps. net." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41393" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">3A-C</figureCitation>
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) 2-5 per bulb, glabrous, tapering at base to a 19-18 cm long pseudopetiole that is 6-8 mm thick; lamina elliptical, ca. 28 cm
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9 cm, dark green adaxially and shallowly plicate, light green abaxially, acute at apex. Inflorescence scapose, scape 8-16 flowered, ca. 40 cm tall, 4 mm diam, terete, glaucous, solid, terminated by 2 greenish-white, eventually marcescent ovate-lanceolate bracts enclosing the buds in the early stages of elongation, ca. 3 cm long, ca. 5 mm wide at base, acute at apex. Flowers (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Eucharis ruthiana. A Plant in cultivation B-C Leaves B Adaxial view C Abaxial view D-H Flowers D Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit E Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona F Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium G Lateral view H Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium I Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules J Distribution of Eucharis ruthiana in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www. freeworldmaps. net." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41393" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">3D-G</figureCitation>
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) slightly declinate, white, mildly fragrant, 4.5-5.0 cm long; pedicels 2-6 cm long, the last flowers to reach anthesis with the longest, with a narrow bracteole subtending each. Perianth (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Eucharis ruthiana. A Plant in cultivation B-C Leaves B Adaxial view C Abaxial view D-H Flowers D Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit E Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona F Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium G Lateral view H Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium I Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules J Distribution of Eucharis ruthiana in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www. freeworldmaps. net." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41393" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">3D, E</figureCitation>
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) actinomorphic, funnelform-campanulate, consisting of six tepals in two whorls, fused below the throat into a slightly curved tube that is 15-2.0-2.2 cm long 2.7-3 mm diam, white for its entire length, cylindrical in the proximal 1.3-1.5 cm, then funnel-form distally, dilating to 0.85-10.0 mm at throat, limb spreading ca. 60° from the throat, 5-6 cm wide; outer tepals 28-36 mm
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15 mm, acute, with a white, ca. 3 mm long papillose apiculum; inner tepals 27-35
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17-19 mm, minutely apiculate. Stamens joined at base into a 2.5-3.0
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1.5-2.0 cm staminal corona deeply divided into six pairs of lanceolate, free, tooth-like processes, such that only the lower 2.6-3.0 mm of the corona is connate, stained yellowish-green along the filamental traces, most prominently on the inside surface; each tooth 7.5-8 mm long, acute at the apex and slightly recurved above the middle, with the six free filaments inserted between the teeth of each pair; free filaments narrowly subulate, slightly incurved towards center of the corona, 3-4 mm long, anthers oblong, 3-4
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<1 mm, white, dorsifixed, introrse; pollen white. Style 2.3-2.6 cm long, not exserted past stamens, white; stigma tri-lobed, papillate, ca. 2 mm wide. Ovary ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long, ca. 3.2 mm
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="5" start="start">wide</pageBreakToken>
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, ovules 16-20 per locule, superposed, axile in placentation. Ripe fruit green, seed globose, bluish-black.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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Plant in cultivation
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Leaves
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Adaxial view
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Abaxial view
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Flowers
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Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">E</emphasis>
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Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">F</emphasis>
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Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">G</emphasis>
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Lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">H</emphasis>
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Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">I</emphasis>
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Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">J</emphasis>
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Distribution of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www.freeworldmaps.net.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="distribution and ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is only known from the type locality and a private reserve in southern Ecuador (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Eucharis ruthiana. A Plant in cultivation B-C Leaves B Adaxial view C Abaxial view D-H Flowers D Upper portion of inflorescence showing flower habit E Flower cut and spread to show staminal corona F Dorsal-ventral view of limb showing the spread of the androecium G Lateral view H Lateral view with three tepals removed to show androecium I Ovary dissected to show numerous, superposed, globose ovules J Distribution of Eucharis ruthiana in Ecuador (black stars). Map courtesy of www. freeworldmaps. net." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.48.4399.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/41393" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">3I</figureCitation>
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), in lower montane rain forest where it grows on stony soil in the understory of dense forest at ca. 1100 m elevation. A large population occurs on the Copalinga private reserve near Zamora according to the property owner.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">The species is named in honor of the late Ruth Moore, ardent supporter of conservation efforts in Ecuador.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="notes">
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||
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis (Heterocharis) subsp. subg." order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Heterocharis">Eucharis subg. Heterocharis</taxonomicName>
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||
was erected by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="136 - 220" publicationUrl="10.2307/2399347" refId="B5" refString="Meerow, AW, 1989. Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 136 - 220, DOI: 10.2307/2399347" title="Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae)." url="10.2307/2399347" volume="76" year="1989">Meerow (1989)</bibRefCitation>
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||
, even though it appeared paraphyletic in his cladistic analysis of morphological characters. The large, fragrant flowers; numerous ovules per locule, and mature green fruits were considered symplesiomorphic for the genus. The subgenus previously included only two fertile species,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1883" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis sanderi" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sanderi">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis sanderi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Baker, JG" journalOrPublisher="Curtis's Botanical Magazine" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refId="B1" refString="Baker, JG, 1883. Eucharis sanderi. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 109" title="Eucharis sanderi." volume="109" year="1883">Baker (1883)</bibRefCitation>
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||
, endemic to the
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chocó">Choco</normalizedToken>
|
||
region of Colombia, and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Baker)
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Sida" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="29 - 49" refId="B3" refString="Meerow, AW, 1987a. New species of Phaedranassa and Eucharis (Amaryllidaceae). Sida 12: 29 - 49" title="New species of Phaedranassa and Eucharis (Amaryllidaceae)." volume="12" year="1987 a">Meerow (1987a)</bibRefCitation>
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||
, found on both the eastern and western declivities of the Ecuadorean Andes. The group also contains two apparently sterile taxa,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis grandiflora" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="grandiflora">
|
||
Eucharis
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
|
||
grandiflora
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Planch. & Lind. (1853), a putative hybrid of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Baker" authorityYear="1883" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis sanderi" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sanderi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis sanderi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, found in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="136 - 220" publicationUrl="10.2307/2399347" refId="B5" refString="Meerow, AW, 1989. Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 136 - 220, DOI: 10.2307/2399347" title="Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae)." url="10.2307/2399347" volume="76" year="1989">Meerow 1989</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), most often in cultivation, and
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linden ex Planch" authorityYear="1857" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis amazonica" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="amazonica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis amazonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Lind. ex Planch. (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="Taxon" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="416 - 422" publicationUrl="10.2307/1220981" refId="B8" refString="Meerow, AW, Dehgan, B, 1984. Re-establishment and lectotypification of Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planchon (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon 33: 416 - 422, DOI: 10.2307/1220981" title="Re-establishment and lectotypification of Eucharis amazonica Linden ex Planchon (Amaryllidaceae)." url="10.2307/1220981" volume="33" year="1984">Meerow and Dehgan 1984</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The latter, most commonly found in the lower Huallaga Valley of Peru, never sets seed, has a triploid-derived chromosome number (2
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 68), and impaired pollen fertility (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Nagalla, L" journalOrPublisher="Microbioscience Letters" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="89 - 94" refId="B11" refString="Nagalla, L, 1979. Cytological studies in Eucharis grandiflora Planch. and Linden. Microbioscience Letters 4: 89 - 94" title="Cytological studies in Eucharis grandiflora Planch. and Linden." volume="4" year="1979">Nagalla 1979</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Meerow, AW" journalOrPublisher="American Journal of Botany" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="1559 - 1575" publicationUrl="10.2307/2444050" refId="B4" refString="Meerow, AW, 1987b. Chromosome cytology of Eucharis, Caliphruria, and Urceolina (Amaryllidaceae). American Journal of Botany 74: 1559 - 1575, DOI: 10.2307/2444050" title="Chromosome cytology of Eucharis, Caliphruria, and Urceolina (Amaryllidaceae)." url="10.2307/2444050" volume="74" year="1987 b">Meerow 1987b</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jost, Oleas & Meerow" authorityYear="2015" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis ruthiana" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ruthiana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis ruthiana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears most closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Meerow" authorityYear="1987" baseAuthorityName="Baker" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Eucharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucharis moorei" order="Asparagales" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="moorei">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Eucharis moorei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but is easily separable (Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Contrasting features of Eucharis ruthiana and Eucharis moorei." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/E4C8D089BB739D0F973740919AFAC572" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" tableUuid="E4C8D089BB739D0F973740919AFAC572">2</tableCitation>
|
||
) by the narrower leaves and tepals, the deeply cleft staminal cup with long marginal teeth, the short, nearly filiform, incurved free filaments, and the relatively short style.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
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</subSection>
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</document> |