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<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24A00285E3AFA249C913D9D" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[550,913,1501,1523]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285E3AFA249DE63D9D" box="[550,742,1501,1523]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">Meriania cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285F2DFA279C913D9D" box="[817,913,1501,1522]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but differs by the sparse furfuraceous indumentum (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A0028598DFA249AAC3D9C" box="[1425,1452,1502,1523]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
hirsute), the much shorter petioles 0.3–1.0 cm long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285EDEF9FB9DDD3E79" box="[706,733,1537,1558]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
2.0–3.0 cm long), the leaf blades with attenuate bases extending into the petiole as wings (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285D75F9DE9E833E56" box="[361,387,1572,1593]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
long-cuneate), the shorter calyx lobes
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285EE1F9D99C713E56" box="[765,881,1571,1593]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="13.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="0.9" valueMax="1.3" valueMin="0.5">0.5–1.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285FADF9DE9CCC3E56" box="[945,972,1572,1593]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285FCEF9D99B1C3E56" box="[978,1052,1571,1593]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="8.5">8.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
long) each with a conical projection that does not surpass the apex of the lobe (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285E31F9BD9D483E33" box="[557,584,1607,1628]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
distinct claw-shaped projections extending further the lobes), and the isomorphic stamens (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285CD9F9909FE03E10" box="[197,224,1642,1663]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
dimorphic).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3531390F24A002B5C94F9569E733CEA" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="241" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24A002B5C94F9569E733CEA" blockId="1.[136,1452,1708,2088]" lastBlockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="241" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285C94F9569E1A3EA9" bold="true" box="[136,282,1708,1734]" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285D39F9569E683EA9" box="[293,360,1708,1734]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">Shrub</emphasis>
|
||
up to
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285DA2F9579EEE3EA8" box="[446,494,1709,1735]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="m" value="4.0">4 m</quantity>
|
||
tall; indumentum consisting of a combination of very short, brownish, caducous trichomes,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285D19F92A9E8D3E85" box="[261,397,1744,1770]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="9.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="0.55" valueMax="0.9" valueMin="0.2">0.2–0.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, elongated hairs with greatly roughened (substellate) base and dendritic hairs with short axis and few-moderate number of terete arms, these arranged sparsely on young branches, petioles; or with a stellate, scaly base, sparsely on the underside of leaf blades, densely on inflorescences, hypanthia and calyces.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A002858E5F8ED9AAC3F5F" box="[1273,1452,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">Young branches</emphasis>
|
||
terete,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285CC8F8C39E5B3F3B" box="[212,347,1849,1876]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="3.2" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="4.5" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="3.2">3.2–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter, furfuraceous becoming glabrous with age, nodes with faint interpetiolar lines, without flaps.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24A00285CCDF8A79E1F3F19" box="[209,287,1885,1910]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="240">Leaves</emphasis>
|
||
opposite, anisopyllous, decussate; petioles very short, terete, 0.3–1.0 cm long, furfuraceous; blades coriaceous, large leaves 15.5–27.1 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285E26F87A9DBE3FF5" box="[570,702,1920,1946]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" metricValueMax="8.2" metricValueMin="3.8" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="cm" value="6.0" valueMax="8.2" valueMin="3.8">3.8–8.2 cm</quantity>
|
||
, small leaves (35–60% smaller) 6.1–17.7 × 1.2–5.0 cm, elliptic, apex long-acuminate, base attenuate continuing down the petiole as slightly revolute wings; margin crenulate at the apical half, venation acrodromous and suprabasal, with 2 pairs of lateral (secondaries) nerves, first pair diverging
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285C94F8109FF4306B" box="[136,244,2026,2052]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" metricValueMax="4.1" metricValueMin="0.7" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="24.0" valueMax="41.0" valueMin="7.0">7–41 mm</quantity>
|
||
from the base of the blade, second pair diverging
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24A00285F32F8139CA8306B" box="[814,936,2025,2052]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.75" metricValueMax="8.0" metricValueMin="1.5" pageId="1" pageNumber="240" unit="mm" value="47.5" valueMax="80.0" valueMin="15.0">15–80 mm</quantity>
|
||
from the base of the blade, an additional pair of faint submarginal veins running up to leaf apex, tertiary (transversal nerves) 40–60 on each side of the primary veins, percurrent,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5D4CFF649EAC38D6" box="[336,428,158,185]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="4.5" valueMax="7.0" valueMin="2.0">2–7 mm</quantity>
|
||
distant from each other; midvein, secondary and tertiary veins strongly impressed adaxially, salient abaxially, adaxial surface bullate, dark green, shiny, glabrous, olive-green when dry; abaxial surface greenish dirty white when dry, puberulous.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5E10FF1C9DAD396F" box="[524,685,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Inflorescences</emphasis>
|
||
terminal or rarely pseudolateral (overtopped by developing axillary bud), erect,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5D09FEF09E95394A" box="[277,405,266,293]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.199999999999999" metricValueMax="6.1" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="5.199999999999999" valueMax="6.1" valueMin="4.3">4.3–6.1 cm</quantity>
|
||
long, few-flowered to multiflorous (18–130 flowers) panicles, consisting of 4–6 levels of branching nodes; axis densely pubescent, becoming glabrate in certain parts.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B580FFED49B7B3927" box="[1043,1147,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Peduncle</emphasis>
|
||
when present
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5936FED49AAB3926" box="[1322,1451,302,329]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="1.85" valueMax="2.5" valueMin="1.2">1.2–2.5 cm</quantity>
|
||
long, terete.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D0BFEA99E873903" box="[279,391,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Main axis</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5D93FEA89D0E3902" box="[399,526,338,365]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.199999999999999" metricValueMax="6.1" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="5.199999999999999" valueMax="6.1" valueMin="4.3">4.3–6.1 cm</quantity>
|
||
long, quadrangular, the proximal node with 1 pair of basal paraclades, the supraproximal with 1 pair of paraclades, the subdistal and distal with an umbel of 4–8 flowers arising from more or less the same point on the pedicel.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5DA2FE609D3E39DB" box="[446,574,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Paraclades</emphasis>
|
||
simple to branching,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5F25FE609CB839DA" box="[825,952,410,437]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.75" metricValueMax="2.2" metricValueMin="1.3" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="1.75" valueMax="2.2" valueMin="1.3">1.3–2.2 cm</quantity>
|
||
long; flowers in regular pendulous, umbels of 4–8 flowers at the end.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5DACFE459EF939B7" box="[432,505,447,472]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Bracts</emphasis>
|
||
foliaceous, persistent, 14.0–19.6 × 4.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5FA2FE449B0C39B6" box="[958,1036,446,473]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.1" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="6.1">6.1 cm</quantity>
|
||
, petioles
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B586AFE449BF439B6" box="[1142,1268,446,473]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="11.0" metricValueMin="7.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="0.9" valueMax="1.1" valueMin="0.7">0.7–1.1 cm</quantity>
|
||
long, shape and indumentum similar to principal leaves; sometimes with one pair of additional bracts on proximal nodes of the main axis, 6.1–12.4 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5D23FDFC9EBD3A4E" box="[319,445,518,545]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.35" metricValueMax="3.5" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="2.35" valueMax="3.5" valueMin="1.2">1.2–3.5 cm</quantity>
|
||
, petioles ca.
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E55FDFC9D943A4E" box="[585,660,518,545]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="0.7">0.7 cm</quantity>
|
||
long.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5EC4FDFC9C503A4F" box="[728,848,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Bracteoles</emphasis>
|
||
absent.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5FB5FDFC9B053A4F" box="[937,1029,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Flowers</emphasis>
|
||
2.3–2.4 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5865FDFC9BC73A4E" box="[1145,1223,518,545]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="cm" value="0.9">0.9 cm</quantity>
|
||
, 5–merous, pendant, with campanulate corollas.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5DDFFDD09D223A2B" box="[451,546,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Pedicels</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E37FDD09DB53A2A" box="[555,693,554,581]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.449999999999999" metricValueMax="6.1" metricValueMin="4.8" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="5.449999999999999" valueMax="6.1" valueMin="4.8">4.8–6.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, straight to slightly arcuate, puberulent.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B58DFFDD09A4D3A2B" box="[1219,1357,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Hypanthium</emphasis>
|
||
3.4–3.9 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5CBDFDB49E2D3A06" box="[161,301,590,617]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.35" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.1" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="3.35" valueMax="3.6" valueMin="3.1">3.1–3.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
, cupuliform, slightly costate, outer surface puberulent, inner surface glabrous; torus glabrous.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5976FDB49AAB3A07" box="[1386,1451,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Calyx</emphasis>
|
||
opening regularly, outer surface puberulent, inner surface glabrous; tube
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5FD5FD889B523AE2" box="[969,1106,626,653]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="0.5" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="1.0" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="0.5">0.5–1.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
long; lobes
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B58FDFD889A6A3AE2" box="[1249,1386,626,653]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="13.0" metricValueMin="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="0.9" valueMax="1.3" valueMin="0.5">0.5–1.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
high, 2.5–3.0 mm wide, subtruncate, margin sinuate, each lobe with a conical projection,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5855FD6C9BD23ADE" box="[1097,1234,662,689]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="0.45" valueMax="0.5" valueMin="0.4">0.4–0.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
long free from the apex of the lobe and not surpasses it.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5E3AFD409D7C3ABB" box="[550,636,698,724]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cymbuliidae" genus="Corolla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pteropoda" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5E3AFD409D7C3ABB" box="[550,636,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Corolla</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
campanulate, petals pinkish orange, obscurely multiveined in the adaxial surface, glabrous, concave, 11.1–11.3 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E4FFD249DF93A96" box="[595,761,734,761]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.08" metricValueMax="1.14" metricValueMin="1.02" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="10.8" valueMax="11.4" valueMin="10.2">10.2–11.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
, 2.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5F24FD249C8F3A96" box="[824,911,734,761]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="2.4">2.4 mm</quantity>
|
||
wide at base, transversely obovate and slightly asymmetric, apex rotund, margin entire, somewhat revolute, base rotund to truncate, concave.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5886FCF99BF73B72" box="[1178,1271,771,797]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Stamens</emphasis>
|
||
10, isomorphic, all bent to one side at anthesis giving the flower a zygomorphic appearance; filaments
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5825FCDC9BBE3B2E" box="[1081,1214,806,833]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="5.1" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="4.4">4.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, reddish-purple, paler to the base, flat, glabrous; connectives prolonged below the thecae, reddish-purple, glabrous, with one dorsal conic, crown-shaped appendage,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E19FC949D5E3BE6" box="[517,606,878,905]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="0.2">0.2 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, acute, red to red-purple consisting of short, several blunt, irregular projections; anther
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5D42FC689EE43BC2" box="[350,484,914,941]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.4" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="5.6" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="5.4">5.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, lanceolate, dark purple, glabrous, straight, opening by one dorsally inclined pore, thecae surface slightly corrugated.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5E13FC4D9D553BBE" box="[527,597,951,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ovary</emphasis>
|
||
5-locular, superior, free, 3.3 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5FADFC4C9B093BBE" box="[945,1033,950,977]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="1.9">1.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, oblong, purple, glabrous, truncate to the apex, whitish to the base, not exceeding the hypanthium length, separated
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5FF4FC209B3D3B9A" box="[1000,1085,986,1013]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
from the sinuate, glabrous torus; style
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5CD9FC049E6A3C76" box="[197,362,1022,1049]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.47" metricValueMax="1.53" metricValueMin="1.41" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="14.7" valueMax="15.3" valueMin="14.1">14.1–15.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
long, red, glabrous, slightly incurved at the apex and opposite to the anthers at anthesis; stigma punctiform and minutely papillate,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E07FBD89D733C52" box="[539,627,1058,1085]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
wide, purple.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5F06FBD99C5E3C53" box="[794,862,1059,1084]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Fruits</emphasis>
|
||
capsular, with persistent sepals and slightly costate hypanthium, mature ovary 4.0–4.7 ×
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5E37FBBC9DB43C0E" box="[555,692,1094,1121]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" metricValueMax="4.9" metricValueMin="4.1" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="4.5" valueMax="4.9" valueMin="4.1">4.1–4.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
, spheroid, sepals
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5F67FBBC9B023C0E" box="[891,1026,1094,1121]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" metricValueMax="1.8" metricValueMin="1.6" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="1.7" valueMax="1.8" valueMin="1.6">1.6–1.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
high; fruiting pedicels 28.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B5954FBBC9AAC3C0E" box="[1352,1452,1094,1121]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.98" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="29.8">29.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CD4FB909E083CEB" box="[200,264,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Seeds</emphasis>
|
||
not seen.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3531390F249002B5CA1FB749EC53E87" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF249002B5CA1FB749E0F3D83" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1FB749EF93CC7" bold="true" box="[189,505,1166,1193]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1FB749EDD3CC6" bold="true" box="[189,477,1166,1193]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
|
||
—
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A population of approximately 8 individuals of
|
||
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<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5811FB759BE03CC7" box="[1037,1248,1166,1192]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has been found in the evergreen lower montane forests at the Southeastern Cordillera of the Andes, coded as BsBn02 according to the Ecosystem Classification System from Continental
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(Ministerio del Ambiente del
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<collectingCountry id="F35E008BF249002B5878FB2C9BC33C9F" box="[1124,1219,1238,1264]" name="Ecuador" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
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, 2013). This presents a complex hilly topography consisting of steep slopes, valleys, and ravines, with an average annual rainfall shy of
|
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<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF249002B596FFB009FB43D56" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" unit="mm" value="2600.0">2600 mm</quantity>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5CD9FAE49E843D57" author="Baez, S. & Santiana, J. & Guevara, J." box="[197,388,1310,1336]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="121 - 123" refId="ref5091" refString="Baez, S., Santiana, J. & Guevara, J. (2013) BsBn 02. Bosque siempreverde montano bajo del Sur de la Cordillera Oriental de los Andes. Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador. Sistema de Clasificacion de los Ecosistemas del Ecuador Continental de los Andes. Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador, Quito, pp. 121 - 123." type="book chapter" year="2013">
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Báez
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<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D1AFAE59E3F3D57" box="[262,319,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">et al.</emphasis>
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2013
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</bibRefCitation>
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). The population of the new species is located at about
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a.s.l., within a private reserve near San Juan Bosco in the southern part of
|
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<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F249002B5E63FAB99CB03D33" box="[639,944,1346,1373]" country="Ecuador" name="Morona-Santiago" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Morona Santiago Province</collectingRegion>
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, southeastern
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<collectingCountry id="F35E008BF249002B584CFAB89BAD3D33" box="[1104,1197,1346,1372]" name="Ecuador" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13725C9EF249002B58A2FAB89A0D3D33" box="[1214,1293,1346,1372]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[136,229,1907,1929]" captionTargetBox="[150,1438,202,1870]" captionTargetId="figure-22@5.[138,1449,190,1882]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Distribution of Meriania judithiae in southeastern Ecuador. Prepared by Henry X. Garzón-Suárez using ArcGIS." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516222" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516222/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="13725C9EF249002B5907FAB89A2C3D33" box="[1307,1324,1346,1372]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[136,229,1877,1899]" captionTargetBox="[155,1432,194,1849]" captionTargetId="figure-27@6.[151,1436,190,1853]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Meriania judithiae in situ. A. Habitat of the species. B. Terminal branches with inflorescences. C and D. Detail of the inflorescences. Photographs by H. Garzón-Suárez." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516224" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516224/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">4</figureCitation>
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). The local flora is represented by
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<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5D96FA9C9B313DEF" authority="(Vellozo 1829: 176) Martius (1843: 38)" authorityName="Martius" authorityPageNumber="38" authorityYear="1843" baseAuthorityName="Vellozo" baseAuthorityPageNumber="176" baseAuthorityYear="1829" box="[394,1073,1382,1408]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Meliaceae" genus="Cabralea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="canjerana">
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<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D96FA9C9D6E3DEF" box="[394,622,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Cabralea canjerana</emphasis>
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(Vellozo 1829: 176)
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5F41FA9C9B313DEF" author="Martius, C. F. P. von" box="[861,1073,1382,1408]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="37 - 38" refId="ref5800" refString="Martius, C. F. P. von (1843) Amara. Amara cum principio adstringente. Meliaceae. In: Missouri Botanical Garden (Org.) Systema materiae medicae vegetabilis brasiliensis. Fleischer, Lipsiae, pp. 37 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9541" type="book chapter" year="1843">Martius (1843: 38)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B585CFA9C9BBA3DEF" box="[1088,1210,1382,1408]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Meliaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Meliaceae</taxonomicName>
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);
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B58D1FA9C9E763DCB" authority="Wurdack (1979: 347)" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityPageNumber="347" authorityYear="1979" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Blakea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="subvaginata">
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<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B58D1FA9C9AAB3DEF" box="[1229,1451,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Blakea subvaginata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5C94FA709E763DCB" author="Wurdack, J. J." box="[136,374,1418,1444]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="347 - 348" refId="ref6704" refString="Wurdack, J. J. (1979) Certamen Melastomataceis XXX. Phytologia 43: 347 - 348." type="journal article" year="1979">Wurdack (1979: 347)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5DB7FA719C643DCA" authority="H. Mendoza (2021: 85)" authorityName="H. Mendoza" authorityPageNumber="85" authorityYear="2021" box="[427,868,1418,1445]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="neillii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5DB7FA719D5A3DCB" box="[427,602,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Meriania neillii</emphasis>
|
||
H. Mendoza (2021: 85)
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5F6EFA709B3C3DCB" authorityName="Jussieu" authorityYear="1789" box="[882,1084,1418,1444]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Melastomataceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
);
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5852FA719E5E3DA7" authority="A. C. Smith (1950: 360)" authorityName="A. C. Smith" authorityPageNumber="360" authorityYear="1950" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="charianthum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5852FA719A723DCB" box="[1102,1394,1418,1445]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ceratostema charianthum</emphasis>
|
||
A.C.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5C94FA549E5E3DA7" author="Smith, A. C." box="[136,350,1454,1481]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="317 - 393" refId="ref6262" refString="Smith, A. C. (1950) Studies of South American plants, XII. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 29: 317 - 393." type="journal article" year="1950">Smith (1950: 360)</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5D70FA559D253DA6" box="[364,549,1455,1481]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Ceratostema" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D70FA559EFB3DA6" box="[364,507,1455,1481]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ceratostema</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5E7DFA559B2B3DA6" authority="Wilbur & Luteyn" authorityName="Wilbur & Luteyn" box="[609,1067,1454,1481]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Disterigma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="utleyorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5E7DFA559C5B3DA7" box="[609,859,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Disterigma utleyorum</emphasis>
|
||
Wilbur & Luteyn
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5849FA559AAC3DA6" author="Luteyn, J. L. & Wilbur, R. L." box="[1109,1452,1454,1481]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="255 - 276" refId="ref5752" refString="Luteyn, J. L. & Wilbur, R. L. (1977) New genera and species of Ericaceae (Vaccinieae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 29: 255 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2806199" type="journal article" year="1977">Luteyn & Wilbur (1977: 259)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5C8DFA289E033D83" box="[145,259,1490,1516]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Ericaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF249002B5CA1FA0C9EC53E87" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
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||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1FA0C9D9E3E7F" box="[189,670,1526,1553]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1FA0C9EAC3E7E" bold="true" box="[189,428,1526,1553]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Conservation status:</emphasis>
|
||
—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5DD5FA0D9D9E3E7F" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[457,670,1526,1552]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">Meriania judithiae</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
is known only from the Siete Iglesias Municipal Conservation Area (ACMSI)
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F2FEB9F249002B5CE5F9E19E293E5A" box="[249,297,1563,1589]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality near San Juan Bosco. At present, only a few individual living specimens are known. The regions in the eastern foothills of the Andes are acutely threatened by deforestation carried out for cattle pastures, mining activities, slash-and-burn agriculture and infrastructure works. Nonetheless, the new species might be protected because it grows within or near the ACMSI. For a better assessment of its conservation, additional data on its distribution and abundance are required. We recommend
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5E53F9519C223EAB" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[591,802,1706,1732]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5E53F9519C223EAB" box="[591,802,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
be characterized as Data Defficient (DD) according to the IUCN red list (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5D33F9349EB93E87" author="IUCN" box="[303,441,1742,1768]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" refId="ref5621" refString="IUCN (2024) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 16. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available from: http: // www. iucnredlist. org / documents / RedListGuidelines. pdf (accessed 11 July 2024)" type="book" year="2024">IUCN 2024</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3531390F24900235CA1F9089A973992" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="249" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF249002B5CA1F9089FEC3F3B" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1F9089E423F62" bold="true" box="[189,322,1778,1805]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
—The new species is named after Judith A. Steck, mother of David R. Goucher who has been actively supporting botanical research, environmental education and conservation in the south of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F249002B586BF8ED9AA73F5F" box="[1143,1447,1814,1841]" country="Ecuador" name="Morona-Santiago" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Morona Santiago province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35E008BF249002B5C94F8C09FE83F3B" box="[136,232,1850,1876]" name="Ecuador" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF249002A5CA1F8A49A1B394B" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2093]" lastBlockId="3.[136,1452,158,293]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="242" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1F8A49DB53F17" box="[189,693,1886,1913]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CA1F8A49EC53F16" bold="true" box="[189,453,1886,1913]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Taxonomic discussion:</emphasis>
|
||
—
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5DFDF8A59DB53F17" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[481,693,1886,1912]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">Meriania judithiae</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
belongs to a group of species distinguished by the campanulate, reddish-orange corollas and the lobed calyx, usually with claw-shaped dorsal projections (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF249002B5842F8789AA33FF3" author="Fernandez-Hilario, R. & Goldenberg, R. & Michelangeli, F. A." box="[1118,1443,1922,1948]" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" pagination="1 - 16" refId="ref5291" refString="Fernandez-Hilario, R., Goldenberg, R. & Michelangeli, F. A. (2021) Two new species and two new country records for Meriania (Melastomataceae) from northern Peru. Nordic Journal of Botany 39: 1 - 16. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / njb. 02969" type="journal article" year="2021">
|
||
Fernandez-Hilario
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5933F8799A653FF3" box="[1327,1381,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2021
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13725C9EF249002B5C8CF85C9FD33FAE" box="[144,211,1958,1985]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[136,229,1877,1899]" captionTargetBox="[155,1432,194,1849]" captionTargetId="figure-22@7.[151,1436,190,1853]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Meriania species with 5-nerved leaves and campanulate corollas. A. Meriania judithiae M.M. Jiménez & H. Garzón based on the type (Ecuador, Morona Santiago); B. M. aff. cuneifolia Wurdack based on M. Jiménez 1803 (Ecuador, Morona Santiago); C. M. bongarana Rob. Fern., R. Goldenb. & Michelang. based on the type (Peru, Amazonas); D. M. dimorphanthera Wurdack based on H. Mendoza 16675 (Colombia, Cundinamarca). Photos: by Henry Garzón-Suárez (A, B), Robin Fernandez-Hilario (C) and Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes (D)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516226" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516226/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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||
). The new species is distinguished from other members of the group by the attenuate base of the leaves continuing down the petiole as wings and the presence of conical projections in the lobes of the calyx (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13725C9EF249002B5895F8309BD83F8B" box="[1161,1240,1994,2020]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[136,229,1043,1065]" captionTargetBox="[221,1366,190,1018]" captionTargetId="figure-27@8.[221,1366,190,1018]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Leaves of Meriania judithiae with diagnostic details. A. Adaxial view with a close-up of the apical, bullate surface (A1) and base of the leaf (A2). B. Abaxial view with a close-up of the apical surface (B1) and basal portion of the leaf (B2) with trichome (B3). Photos by Henry X. Garzón-Suárez and Nelson Espinosa-Ortega (B3)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516228" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516228/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Figs. 6</figureCitation>
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||
). It is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5CB9F8159EFC3067" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[165,508,2030,2056]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
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||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5CB9F8159E393067" box="[165,313,2030,2056]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D92F8149EFC3067" box="[398,508,2030,2056]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the distant suprabasal venation and gradually tapering base of the leaves (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13725C9EF249002B5945F8149A9D3067" box="[1369,1437,2030,2056]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="8.[136,229,1993,2015]" captionTargetBox="[222,1366,1163,1969]" captionTargetId="figure-107@8.[222,1366,1163,1969]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 7. Comparison of the holotype specimens of Meriania judithiae (left) and M. cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia (right). Holotype specimen of Meriania cuneifolia Gleason, collected in Ecuador, Morona Santiago, “Río Santa Bárbara near Río Tintas” by J.A. Steyermark in 1943. Reproduced with permission from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516230" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516230/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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||
); nevertheless,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F249002B5D03F7E99EA73043" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[287,423,2066,2092]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="241" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B5D03F7E99EA73043" box="[287,423,2066,2092]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">M. judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from the latter by the elliptic, long-acuminate leaves (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F249002B58E8F7E99A123043" box="[1268,1298,2067,2092]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="241">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate), adaxially bullate (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5E5FFF659D6138D7" box="[579,609,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
flat) foliar surface, the shorter hypanthium (3.4–3.9
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A58A4FF659BD638D7" box="[1208,1238,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A58C3FF649A3638D6" box="[1247,1334,158,185]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.2" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="5.2">5.2 mm</quantity>
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||
long), the calyx lobes that are not ruptured to the torus (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5E60FF399D9A38B3" box="[636,666,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
irregular ruptured to the torus), the shorter petals (11.1–11.3
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5926FF399A5838B3" box="[1338,1368,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A5942FF389AAC38B2" box="[1374,1452,194,221]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="13.0">13 mm</quantity>
|
||
long), the isomorphic (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5D9BFF1D9EA5396F" box="[391,421,231,256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
dimorphic) stamens with shorter filaments no longer than
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A582EFF1C9BB7396E" box="[1074,1207,230,257]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="5.1" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="4.4">4.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A591DFF1D9A1F396F" box="[1281,1311,231,256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A593AFF1C9AAC396E" box="[1318,1452,230,257]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.45" metricValueMax="8.5" metricValueMin="6.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="7.45" valueMax="8.5" valueMin="6.4">6.4–8.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
long), and the shorter thecae of up to
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A5E3FFEF09DA7394A" box="[547,679,266,293]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="5.6" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="5.4">5.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5EF2FEF19C0C394B" box="[750,780,267,292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
thecae up to
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF248002A5F82FEF09B22394A" box="[926,1058,266,293]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.8" metricValueMax="8.3" metricValueMin="5.3" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" unit="mm" value="6.8" valueMax="8.3" valueMin="5.3">5.3–8.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
long) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF248002A586DFEF09A0F394B" author="Gleason, H. A." box="[1137,1295,266,292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" pagination="294 - 306" refId="ref5528" refString="Gleason, H. A. (1947) New and noteworthy melastomes, chiefly Ecuadorian. Phytologia 2: 294 - 306." type="journal article" year="1947">Gleason 1947</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F248002A5C94F87B9C3A3047" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516218" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516218" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516218/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" startId="3.[136,229,1921,1943]" targetBox="[183,1404,314,1894]" targetPageId="3" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF248002A5C94F87B9C3A3047" blockId="3.[136,1452,1921,2088]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5C94F87B9FFF3FF8" bold="true" box="[136,255,1921,1943]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5D1AF8789EC43FF8" box="[262,452,1922,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F248002A5D1AF8789EC03FF8" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[262,448,1922,1943]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="3" pageNumber="242" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">Meriania judithiae</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5DD6F87B9EE13FF9" bold="true" box="[458,481,1921,1942]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">A.</emphasis>
|
||
Branch with inflorescence.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5EE9F8789C0B3FF8" bold="true" box="[757,779,1922,1943]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">B.</emphasis>
|
||
Flower with a close-up of the indumentum on the hypanthium (B1).
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5C94F85F9FA03FD4" bold="true" box="[136,160,1957,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">C.</emphasis>
|
||
Petals, abaxial (left) and adaxial (right) views.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5E75F85C9D813FD4" bold="true" box="[617,641,1958,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">D.</emphasis>
|
||
Flower without petals.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5F79F85C9C7B3FD4" bold="true" box="[869,891,1958,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">E.</emphasis>
|
||
Hypanthium and calyx with style.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A58D1F85C9BDF3FD4" bold="true" box="[1229,1247,1958,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">F.</emphasis>
|
||
Ovary with style.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A598FF85F9AAC3FD4" bold="true" box="[1427,1452,1957,1979]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">G.</emphasis>
|
||
Longitudinal section of the calyx, hypanthium and ovary.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5EB2F8309DC73FB0" bold="true" box="[686,711,1994,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">H.</emphasis>
|
||
Calyx, hypanthium and ovary, top view.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5852F8309B5D3FB0" bold="true" box="[1102,1117,1994,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">I.</emphasis>
|
||
Stamen.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A58A9F8309BC83FB0" bold="true" box="[1205,1224,1994,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">J.</emphasis>
|
||
Anther with connective appendage viewed from the top.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5DD8F8149EDD306C" bold="true" box="[452,477,2030,2051]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">K.</emphasis>
|
||
Close-up of the connective appendage.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5F42F8149C74306C" bold="true" box="[862,884,2030,2051]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">L.</emphasis>
|
||
Mature fruit. Prepared by L. Ocupa-Horna from photos by
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F248002A5C94F7E89FA13048" bold="true" box="[136,161,2066,2087]" pageId="3" pageNumber="242">H.</emphasis>
|
||
Garzón-Suárez and Nelson Espinosa-Ortega (B1) from the holotype.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24F002D5C94F8B39D863FC8" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516220" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516220" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516220/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="243" startId="4.[136,229,1865,1887]" targetBox="[150,1434,209,1832]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24F002D5C94F8B39D863FC8" blockId="4.[136,1452,1865,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="243">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24F002D5C94F8B39FFF3F31" bold="true" box="[136,255,1865,1887]" pageId="4" pageNumber="243">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24F002D5D1AF8B09EBB3F31" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[262,443,1865,1887]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="243" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24F002D5D1AF8B09EBB3F31" box="[262,443,1865,1887]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="243">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A. Habit. B. Type of the inflorescences. C. Flower with floral bud. D. Hypanthium and calyx showing stamens and style, longitudinal section. E. Pedicel, ovary and style. F. Stamens, lateral and upper views. G. Calyx, hypanthium and ovary, top view. Drawing by J. Mendoza from the holotype.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24E002C5C94F8899A3C3FE6" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516222" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516222" box="[136,1340,1907,1929]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516222/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="244" startId="5.[136,229,1907,1929]" targetBox="[150,1438,202,1870]" targetPageId="5" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24E002C5C94F8899A3C3FE6" blockId="5.[136,1340,1907,1929]" box="[136,1340,1907,1929]" pageId="5" pageNumber="244">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24E002C5C94F8899FFE3FE7" bold="true" box="[136,254,1907,1929]" pageId="5" pageNumber="244">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24E002C5D8BF88E9D4C3FE7" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[407,588,1907,1929]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="244" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24E002C5D8BF88E9D4C3FE7" box="[407,588,1907,1929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="244">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in southeastern Ecuador. Prepared by Henry X. Garzón-Suárez using ArcGIS.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24D002F5C94F8AF9D6E3FE1" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516224" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516224" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516224/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="245" startId="6.[136,229,1877,1899]" targetBox="[155,1432,194,1849]" targetPageId="6" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24D002F5C94F8AF9D6E3FE1" blockId="6.[136,1451,1877,1935]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F5C94F8AF9E013F05" bold="true" box="[136,257,1877,1899]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F5D15F8AC9D093F04" box="[265,521,1877,1899]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24D002F5D15F8AC9EC13F05" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[265,449,1877,1899]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="245" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">Meriania judithiae</taxonomicName>
|
||
in situ
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F5E0BF8AF9D2F3F05" bold="true" box="[535,559,1877,1898]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">A.</emphasis>
|
||
Habitat of the species.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F5F03F8AC9C353F04" bold="true" box="[799,821,1878,1899]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">B.</emphasis>
|
||
Terminal branches with inflorescences.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F58DBF8AF9BD83F04" bold="true" box="[1223,1240,1877,1899]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">C</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24D002F5911F8AC9A253F04" bold="true" box="[1293,1317,1878,1899]" pageId="6" pageNumber="245">D.</emphasis>
|
||
Detail of the inflorescences. Photographs by H. Garzón-Suárez.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24C002E5C94F8AF9E723F94" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516226" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516226" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516226/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="246" startId="7.[136,229,1877,1899]" targetBox="[155,1432,194,1849]" targetPageId="7" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24C002E5C94F8AF9E723F94" blockId="7.[136,1452,1877,2043]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5C94F8AF9FFE3F04" bold="true" box="[136,254,1877,1899]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24C002E5D19F8AC9EAA3F04" box="[261,426,1877,1899]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5D19F8AC9E5E3F04" box="[261,350,1878,1899]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">Meriania</emphasis>
|
||
species
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with 5-nerved leaves and campanulate corollas.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5F9FF8AF9C9B3F05" bold="true" box="[899,923,1877,1898]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">A.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24C002E5FBDF8AC9A6E3F05" authority="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[929,1390,1877,1899]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="246" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5FBDF8AC9B563F05" box="[929,1110,1877,1899]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
M.M. Jiménez & H. Garzón
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on the type (Ecuador, Morona Santiago);
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5E34F8809D3E3FE0" bold="true" box="[552,574,1914,1935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">B.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24C002E5E5BF8809C523FE0" authority="Wurdack" authorityName="Wurdack" box="[583,850,1913,1935]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="246" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5E5BF8809D623FE0" box="[583,610,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">M.</emphasis>
|
||
aff.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5E8FF8839DF33FE1" box="[659,755,1913,1934]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
Wurdack
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5FA0F8809B653FE0" box="[956,1125,1914,1935]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">M. Jiménez 1803</emphasis>
|
||
(Ecuador, Morona Santiago);
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5988F8839AAB3FE0" bold="true" box="[1428,1451,1913,1935]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">C.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24C002E5C94F8649D983FDC" authority="Rob. Fern., R. Goldenb. & Michelang." authorityName="Rob. Fern., R. Goldenb. & Michelang." box="[136,664,1949,1971]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="246" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bongarana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5C94F8649E133FDD" box="[136,275,1949,1971]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">M. bongarana</emphasis>
|
||
Rob. Fern., R. Goldenb. & Michelang.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on the type (Peru, Amazonas);
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E580DF8649B283FDC" bold="true" box="[1041,1064,1950,1971]" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">D.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24C002E582CF8649A4D3FDC" authority="Wurdack" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityYear="1957" box="[1072,1357,1949,1971]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="246" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dimorphanthera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E582CF8649BEE3FDD" box="[1072,1262,1949,1971]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">M. dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
Wurdack
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24C002E5C94F8389E443FB9" box="[136,324,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="246">H. Mendoza 16675</emphasis>
|
||
(Colombia, Cundinamarca). Photos: by Henry Garzón-Suárez (A, B), Robin Fernandez-Hilario (C) and Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes (D).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24300215C94FBE99C2D3C1F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516228" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516228" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516228/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" startId="8.[136,229,1043,1065]" targetBox="[221,1366,190,1018]" targetPageId="8" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24300215C94FBE99C2D3C1F" blockId="8.[136,1452,1043,1137]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215C94FBE99FFD3C47" bold="true" box="[136,253,1043,1065]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Leaves of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24300215D7BFBEE9D1B3C47" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[359,539,1043,1065]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215D7BFBEE9D1B3C47" box="[359,539,1043,1065]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with diagnostic details.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215F1AFBE99C1D3C47" bold="true" box="[774,797,1043,1064]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">A.</emphasis>
|
||
Adaxial view with a close-up of the apical, bullate surface (A1) and base of the leaf (A2).
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215D43FBCD9E753C23" bold="true" box="[351,373,1079,1100]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">B.</emphasis>
|
||
Abaxial view with a close-up of the apical surface (B1) and basal portion of the leaf (B2) with trichome (B3). Photos by Henry X. Garzón-Suárez and Nelson Espinosa-Ortega (B3).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24300215C94F8339CD43048" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14516230" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14516230" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14516230/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" startId="8.[136,229,1993,2015]" targetBox="[222,1366,1163,1969]" targetPageId="8" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24300215C94F8339CD43048" blockId="8.[136,1452,1993,2087]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215C94F8339E003FB1" bold="true" box="[136,256,1993,2015]" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
|
||
Comparison of the holotype specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24300215EB0F8309C633FB1" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[684,867,1993,2015]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215EB0F8309C633FB1" box="[684,867,1993,2015]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(left) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24300215FD3F8309BFE3FB1" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[975,1278,1993,2015]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215FD3F8309B513FB1" box="[975,1105,1993,2015]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215882F8339BFE3FB1" box="[1182,1278,1993,2014]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(right). Holotype specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24300215D1CF8149D14306C" authority="Gleason" authorityName="Gleason" authorityYear="1947" box="[256,532,2029,2051]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="247" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24300215D1CF8149EBE306D" box="[256,446,2029,2051]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="247">Meriania cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
Gleason
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, collected in Ecuador, Morona Santiago, “Río Santa Bárbara near Río Tintas” by J.A. Steyermark in 1943. Reproduced with permission from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24200205CA1FF649E7839DB" blockId="9.[136,1452,158,724]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
Both species have been reported in the southeastern Ecuadorian Andes and have not been found growing sympatrically.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205D2CFF399D0738B3" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[304,519,194,220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D2CFF399D0738B3" box="[304,519,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
grows at elevations around
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24200205F49FF389CAE38B2" box="[853,942,194,221]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
|
||
where it is restricted to the lower montane forests near the township of San Juan Bosco in
|
||
<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F24200205EDCFF1D9CF8396F" box="[704,1016,230,257]" country="Ecuador" name="Morona-Santiago" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Morona Santiago Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
. On the other hand, according to the specimens of
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D39FEF19D0E394B" box="[293,526,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">J. Steyermark 53543</emphasis>
|
||
(NY-00547958) mentioned by Wurdack (1980) and
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205879FEF19AAB394B" box="[1125,1451,266,293]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">C. Chimbo & C. Chamba 89</emphasis>
|
||
(MO-1183106),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205D5FFED59DA53927" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[323,677,302,328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D5FFED59EDB3927" box="[323,475,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205E29FED49DA53927" box="[565,677,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
inhabits higher elevations from
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24200205802FED49BD73926" box="[1054,1239,302,329]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.15" metricValueMax="2.2" metricValueMin="2.1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="m" value="2150.0" valueMax="2200.0" valueMin="2100.0">2100 to 2200 m</quantity>
|
||
where it grows in wet montane forests of the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F24200205DDCFEA99D833903" box="[448,643,338,365]" country="Ecuador" name="Morona-Santiago" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Morona Santiago</collectingRegion>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F24200205EA0FEA99C8F3903" box="[700,911,338,365]" country="Ecuador" name="Zamora-Chinchipe" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Zamora Chinchipe</collectingRegion>
|
||
provinces. Considering the different ecological preferences, it is improbable there will be consistent gene flow between the two locations despite both being present in southeast
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35E008BF24200205D08FE609E7439DB" box="[276,372,410,436]" name="Ecuador" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24200205CA1FE449EED3ABB" blockId="9.[136,1452,158,724]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
The new species is also similar to the Peruvian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205EC4FE459CC339B7" box="[728,963,446,472]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bongarana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205EC4FE459CC339B7" box="[728,963,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Meriania bongarana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the Colombian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F242002058B5FE459A8539B7" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityYear="1957" box="[1193,1413,446,472]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dimorphanthera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F242002058B5FE459A8539B7" box="[1193,1413,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as they are also characterized by leaves mostly elliptic, anisophyllous, acuminate, with two pairs of secondaries (lateral nerves) and the acrodromous and suprabasal venation. However,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205F64FDFD9B043A4F" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[888,1028,518,544]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205F64FDFD9B043A4F" box="[888,1028,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205914FDFD9AAB3A4F" box="[1288,1451,518,544]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bongarana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205914FDFD9AAB3A4F" box="[1288,1451,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. bongarana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the attenuate leaf base (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205DA6FDD19ED83A2B" box="[442,472,555,580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
cuneate), the bullate adaxial surface of the leaves (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F2420020583DFDD19B3F3A2B" box="[1057,1087,555,580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
flat), the shorter hypanthium of
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24200205C94FDB49E103A06" box="[136,272,590,617]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.65" metricValueMax="3.9" metricValueMin="3.4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="mm" value="3.65" valueMax="3.9" valueMin="3.4">3.4–3.9 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D40FDB59E7A3A07" box="[348,378,591,616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
6.5–7.0 mm long), the calyx with subtruncate lobes (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205FC0FDB59CFB3A07" box="[988,1019,591,616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
acute), each with a conical projection (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205C8DFD899FB03AE3" box="[145,176,627,652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
claw-shaped dorsal projection), the reddish-purple petals (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205F4EFD899C713AE3" box="[850,881,627,652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
pink), the stamens with shorter filaments
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF2420020594BFD889FB43ADE" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="mm" value="5.6" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="5.4">5.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D1FFD6D9E213ADF" box="[259,289,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
8.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24200205D41FD6C9EB53ADE" box="[349,437,662,689]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="mm" value="8.5">8.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
long), and the red, shorter style
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24200205F28FD6C9CDA3ADE" box="[820,986,662,689]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.47" metricValueMax="1.53" metricValueMin="1.41" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" unit="mm" value="14.7" valueMax="15.3" valueMin="14.1">14.1–15.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205835FD6D9B473ADF" box="[1065,1095,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
magenta, 25.5–27.0 mm long) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF24200205C93FD409EE23ABB" author="Fernandez-Hilario, R. & Gonzales, R. & Villanueva-Espinoza, R. & Lajo, L. & Sato, A. A. W. & Paredes-Burneo, D. & Pillaca-Huacre, L. & Michelangeli, F. A. & Goldenberg, R." box="[143,482,698,724]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" pagination="39 - 74" refId="ref5349" refString="Fernandez-Hilario, R., Gonzales, R. del P. R., Villanueva-Espinoza, R., Lajo, L., Sato, A. A. W., Paredes-Burneo, D., Pillaca-Huacre, L., Michelangeli, F. A. & Goldenberg, R. (2022) Nine new species and a new country record for Meriania (Melastomataceae) from Peru. Willdenowia 52: 39 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.3372 / wi. 52.52103" type="journal article" year="2022">
|
||
Fernandez-Hilario
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D7AFD419E9E3ABB" box="[358,414,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2022
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF361093F24200205C94FCFC9D023B50" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" startId="9.[136,216,774,795]" targetType="table">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24200205C94FCFC9D023B50" blockId="9.[136,1451,774,832]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205C94FCFC9FEF3B74" bold="true" box="[136,239,774,795]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
Summary of principal differences between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205E91FCFC9C363B74" box="[653,822,774,795]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205E91FCFC9C363B74" box="[653,822,774,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Meriania judithia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
e,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205F57FCFC9B713B74" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" box="[843,1137,774,796]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205F57FCFC9CCA3B74" box="[843,970,774,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F2420020580DFCFC9B713B74" box="[1041,1137,774,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205860FCFC9AA53B74" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityYear="1976" box="[1148,1445,774,796]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="subandina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205860FCFC9BFB3B74" box="[1148,1275,774,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F2420020595DFCFC9AA53B74" box="[1345,1445,774,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">subandina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205C94FCD09E113B50" box="[136,273,810,831]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bongarana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205C94FCD09E113B50" box="[136,273,810,831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. bongarana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205D5CFCD09EFC3B50" authorityName="Wurdack" authorityYear="1957" box="[320,508,810,831]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dimorphanthera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D5CFCD09EFC3B50" box="[320,508,810,831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24200205C90FC9F9A733FB5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<table id="F949B2BBF242FFD65C90FCAC9AA73FB4" box="[140,1447,854,2011]" gridcols="5" gridrows="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90FCAC9AA73BE9" box="[140,1447,854,902]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90FCAC9FFF3BE9" box="[140,255,854,902]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Species</th>
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CFCAC9EF83BE9" box="[288,504,854,902]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205D3CFC9F9E893B17" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[288,393,869,888]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205D3CFC9F9E893B17" box="[288,393,869,888]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19FCAC9CDC3BE9" box="[517,988,854,902]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205E19FCAD9D773B06" authorityName="Gleason" authorityYear="1947" box="[517,631,854,873]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205E19FCAD9D773B06" box="[517,631,854,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205EEEFCAD9DE43BE9" authority="(Gleason 1947)" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityYear="1947" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subSpecies" species="cuneifolia" subSpecies="cuneifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205EEEFCAD9C633B06" box="[754,867,854,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
subsp.
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205E19FC899D5A3BE9" box="[517,602,883,902]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">cuneifolia</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF24200205E7AFC899DDE3BE9" author="Gleason, H. A." box="[614,734,883,902]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" pagination="294 - 306" refId="ref5528" refString="Gleason, H. A. (1947) New and noteworthy melastomes, chiefly Ecuadorian. Phytologia 2: 294 - 306." type="journal article" year="1947">Gleason 1947</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205EEEFC899C4B3BE9" box="[754,843,883,902]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">subandina</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF24200205F4AFC899CD63BE9" author="Wurdack, J. J." box="[854,982,883,902]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" pagination="1 - 13" refId="ref6670" refString="Wurdack, J. J. (1976) Certamen Melastomataceis XXV. Phytologia 35: 1 - 13. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 2606" type="journal article" year="1976">Wurdack 1976</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5FCAC9BBE3BE9" box="[1001,1214,854,902]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205FF5FCAD9BB13BE9" authority="(Fernandez et al. 2022)" baseAuthorityName="Fernandez" baseAuthorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="bongarana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205FF5FCAD9B643B06" box="[1001,1124,854,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. bongarana</emphasis>
|
||
(Fernandez
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24200205853FC8E9B7B3BE9" box="[1103,1147,883,902]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2022)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0FCAC9AA73BE9" box="[1228,1447,854,902]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F242002058D0FCAD9A573BE9" authority="(Wurdack 1957) Leaves Anisophyllous" authorityName="Leaves Anisophyllous" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityYear="1957" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dimorphanthera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F242002058D0FCAD9A733B06" box="[1228,1395,854,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">M. dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF242002058CDFC899A523BE9" author="Wurdack, J. J." box="[1233,1362,883,902]" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" pagination="101 - 109" refId="ref6598" refString="Wurdack, J. J. (1957) Certamen Melastomataceis - IV. Brittonia 9: 101 - 109. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2804774" type="journal article" year="1957">Wurdack 1957</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
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<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90FC579FFF3CBB" box="[140,255,941,1236]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Leaves</th>
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<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CFC579EF83CBB" box="[288,504,941,1236]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Anisophyllous, petioles 0.3–1.0 cm long; blades 6.1–27.1 × 1.2–8.2 cm, elliptic, apex long- acuminate, base cuneate- decurrent; venation suprabasal, abaxial surface puberulous</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19FC579CDC3CBB" box="[517,988,941,1236]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Anisophyllous, petioles Anisophyllous, petioles 2.0–3.0 cm long; blades 0.7–0.9 cm long; blades 10–13 × 2.5–4.5 cm, 15–23 × 5–10 cm, elliptic, oblanceolate, apex apex acuminate, base abruptly and sharply attenuate-decurrent; acuminate, base long- venation suprabasal, cuneate; venation abaxial surface sparsely suprabasal, abaxial surface stellate-setulose softly cinereous</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5FC579BBE3CBB" box="[1001,1214,941,1236]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Isophyllous; petioles 1.2–1.5 cm long; blades 7.5–9.5 × 3.2–4.3 cm, elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute; venation suprabasal, abaxial surface densely pubescent</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0FC579AA73CBB" box="[1228,1447,941,1236]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Anisophyllous, petioles 2.0–9.0 cm long; blades 7.0–24 × 3.2–14.0 cm, elliptic to oblong-elliptic; apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, base obtuse to slightly rounded; venation basal or slightly suprabasal, abaxial surface densely rufous</td>
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</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90FAFE9AA73D3A" box="[140,1447,1284,1365]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
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<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90FAFE9FFF3D3A" box="[140,255,1284,1365]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Inflorescence</th>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CFAFE9EF83D3A" box="[288,504,1284,1365]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Multiflorous, 4.3–6.1 cm long, 4–8 flowered umbels</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19FAFE9CDC3D3A" box="[517,988,1284,1365]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Submultiflorous, 6.0–7.9 Few-flowered, 1.7–2.7 cm cm long, 3–9 flowered long, 3–4 flowered umbels umbels</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5FAFE9BBE3D3A" box="[1001,1214,1284,1365]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Submultiflorous, 7.5–8.2 cm long, 4–5 flowered umbels</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0FAFE9AA73D3A" box="[1228,1447,1284,1365]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Multiflorous, 5.0–15.0 cm long, with umbels with more than 3 flowers</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90FA7F9AA73E5D" box="[140,1447,1413,1586]" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90FA7F9FFF3E5D" box="[140,255,1413,1586]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Hypanthium and calyx</th>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CFA7F9EF83E5D" box="[288,504,1413,1586]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Cupuliform, 3.4–3.9 mm long, calyx lobes 0.5–1.3 mm long, subtruncate, thickened to the apex, not extending beyond the lobes</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19FA7F9CDC3E5D" box="[517,988,1413,1586]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Campanulate, 5.2 mm Obconic, 7.3 mm long, long, calyx lobes 8.5 mm calyx lobes 0.8–1.1 mm long, acute with claw- long, acute, subtruncate, shaped projections 6.0–7.5 claw-shaped projections mm long 2.3–3.0 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5FA7F9BBE3E5D" box="[1001,1214,1413,1586]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Campanulate, 6.5–7.0 mm long, calyx lobes 2.0–2.5 × 5–7 mm, acute with claw-shaped projections 2.0–2.5 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0FA7F9AA73E5D" box="[1228,1447,1413,1586]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Cupuliform, 3.5–6.0 mm long, calyx lobes broadly triangular with dorsal teeth non-visible or exceeding the length of the lobe 0.9–2.5 mm long</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
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<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90F9989AA73EFA" box="[140,1447,1634,1685]" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90F9989FFF3EFA" box="[140,255,1634,1685]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24200205C90F9889FCC3EEA" authority="Petals" authorityName="Petals" box="[140,204,1650,1669]" class="Gastropoda" family="Cymbuliidae" genus="Corolla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pteropoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="248" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">Corolla</taxonomicName>
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||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CF9989CDC3EFA" box="[288,988,1634,1685]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Petals 11.1–11.3 mm long Petals 13 mm long Petals 13.1–13.4 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5F9989BBE3EFA" box="[1001,1214,1634,1685]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Petals 14–15.5 × 13–16 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0F9989AA73EFA" box="[1228,1447,1634,1685]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Petals 12.0–16.0 mm long</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90F9329AA73FFB" box="[140,1447,1736,1940]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90F9329FFF3FFB" box="[140,255,1736,1940]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Stamens</th>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CF9329EF83FFB" box="[288,504,1736,1940]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Isomorphic, filaments 4.4–5.8 mm long, connectives prolonged below the thecae, the dorso-basal appendage crown-shaped, thecae 5.4–5.8 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19F9329BBE3FFB" box="[517,1214,1736,1940]" colspan="2" colspanRight="1" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Dimorphic, filaments 6.4– Isomorphic, filaments Dimorphic, filaments 8.0– 8.5 mm long, connectives 8.0–8.5 mm long, 9.5 mm long, connectives prolonged below the connectives prolonged prolonged below the thecae, thecae, the dorso-basal below the thecae, the the dorso-basal appendage appendage broadly conic, dorso-basal appendage crown-shaped, thecae obtuse or rounded, thecae slightly crown-shaped, 7.6–9.7 mm long 5.3–8.3 mm long thecae 8.5–9.0 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0F9329AA73FFB" box="[1228,1447,1736,1940]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Dimorphic, filaments 6.0–10.0 mm long, connectives prolonged below the thecae, the dorso-basal appendage dentiform, thecae 4.8–8.0 mm long</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="35794259F242FFD65C90F83D9AA73FB4" box="[140,1447,1991,2011]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">
|
||
<th id="76A82B25F242FFD65C90F83D9FFF3FB4" box="[140,255,1991,2011]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">Style</th>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65D3CF83D9EF83FB4" box="[288,504,1991,2011]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">14.1–15.3 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65E19F83D9CDC3FB4" box="[517,988,1991,2011]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">21 mm long 21.5–22.4 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD65FF5F83D9BBE3FB4" box="[1001,1214,1991,2011]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">25.5–27.0 mm long</td>
|
||
<td id="76A82B25F242FFD658D0F83D9AA73FB4" box="[1228,1447,1991,2011]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="248">14.0–23.0 mm long</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF6401BF24100235CA1FF649CC339DB" blockId="10.[136,1452,158,509]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">
|
||
Finally,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24100235D00FF659EF238D7" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" box="[284,498,158,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235D00FF659EF238D7" box="[284,498,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">Meriania judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24100235EE4FF659CD738D7" authorityName="Leaves Anisophyllous" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityYear="1957" box="[760,983,158,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dimorphanthera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235EE4FF659CD738D7" box="[760,983,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">M. dimorphanthera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the narrower, bullate leaf blades (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235991FF659AAB38D7" box="[1421,1451,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
smooth) with the base being attenuate (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235E5BFF399D6538B3" box="[583,613,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
obtuse to rounded), the shorter hypanthium
|
||
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|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F2410023592DFF399A4838B3" box="[1329,1352,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs</emphasis>
|
||
. 3.5–6.0 mm long), the calyx lobes being subtruncate, not ruptured to the torus (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235FA0FF1D9CDA396F" box="[956,986,231,256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
broadly triangular, subcalyptrate) with a conical projection in the apex (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235DFCFEF19EFF394B" box="[480,511,267,292]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal teeth exceeding or not the lobe), the isomorphic stamens (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F241002358CEFEF19BF1394B" box="[1234,1265,267,292]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
dimorphic) with shorter filaments
|
||
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|
||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235E3EFED59D403927" box="[546,576,303,328]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
6.0–
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24100235E67FED49DCA3926" box="[635,714,302,329]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" unit="mm" value="10.0">10 mm</quantity>
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||
long), the dorsal appendage of the connective crown-shaped (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235991FED59AAB3927" box="[1421,1451,303,328]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
dentiform), the shorter thecae
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24100235DC2FEA89D663902" box="[478,614,338,365]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.4" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" unit="mm" value="5.6" valueMax="5.8" valueMin="5.4">5.4–5.8 mm</quantity>
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||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235EADFEA99DCF3903" box="[689,719,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
4.8–8.0 mm long), and the shorter style
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24100235882FEA89A423902" box="[1182,1346,338,365]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.47" metricValueMax="1.53" metricValueMin="1.41" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" unit="mm" value="14.7" valueMax="15.3" valueMin="14.1">14.1–15.3 mm</quantity>
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||
long (
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235991FEA99AAB3903" box="[1421,1451,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">vs.</emphasis>
|
||
14.0–23.0 mm long) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFD83DEAF24100235D63FE8C9DA239FF" author="Mendoza-Cifuentes, H." box="[383,674,374,400]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" refId="ref5860" refString="Mendoza-Cifuentes, H. (2021) Taxonomic review of the genus Meriania (Melastomataceae) in Colombia. Acta Botanica Mexicana 128: e 1734. https: // doi. org / 10.21829 / abm 128.2021.1734" type="journal volume" year="2021">Mendoza-Cifuentes 2021</bibRefCitation>
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). A summary comparing these morphological characters between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C493B98F24100235991FE8D9FEC39DB" authorityName="M. M. Jimenez & H. Garzon" authorityYear="2024" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Meriania" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="judithiae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235991FE8D9FEC39DB" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">M. judithiae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the other species as mentioned above is provided in
|
||
<tableCitation id="C6CB75A0F24100235F75FE609CBD39DB" box="[873,957,410,436]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="9.[136,216,774,795]" captionText="TABLE 1. Summary of principal differences between Meriania judithiae, M.cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia, M. cuneifolia subsp. subandina, M. bongarana and M. dimorphanthera." pageId="10" pageNumber="249">Table 1</tableCitation>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235CA1FE449DB839B7" bold="true" box="[189,696,446,472]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">
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||
Additional specimen examined (
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F2FEB9F24100235E25FE449DAB39B7" box="[569,683,446,472]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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):
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
—
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35E008BF24100235EC8FE449C5B39B7" box="[724,859,446,472]" name="Ecuador" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">ECUADOR</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<collectingRegion id="498D8EF9F24100235F75FE459B2E39B7" box="[873,1070,446,473]" country="Ecuador" name="Morona-Santiago" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">Morona Santiago</collectingRegion>
|
||
: San Juan Bosco. San Juan Bosco, Jungle Dave’s sendero al Cerro PDA,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB1EDFEF24100235E2FFE189D8A3992" box="[563,650,482,509]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.815" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" unit="m" value="1815.0">1815 m</quantity>
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||
,
|
||
<date id="FFF766DBF24100235E8AFE189C2E3993" box="[662,814,482,508]" pageId="10" pageNumber="249" value="2023-07-22">22 Julio 2023</date>
|
||
(fl.),
|
||
<emphasis id="B93D9C09F24100235F72FE199BC63993" box="[878,1222,482,509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="249">M. Jiménez & H. Garzón 1810</emphasis>
|
||
(HUTPL 15146!).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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