A New Endemic Species of Loasa ser. Macrospermae (Loasaceae) from Northern Chile

Ludovica Santilli; Nicolás Lavandero; Claire De Schrevel; Philippe Dandois; Rafael Acuña-Castillo

doi:10.1600/036364422X16674054154179

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Ludovica Santilli,^1,* Nicolás Lavandero,² Claire De Schrevel,³ Philippe Dandois,³ Rafael Acuña-Castillo^4,5

¹Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Área Botánica, Interior Parque Quinta Normal S/N, Casilla 787, Santiago, Chile;
²Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile;
³Independent researcher; , pjsc.dandois@gmail.com
⁴Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Apdo 11501-2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica;
⁵Herbario Luis A. Fournier Origgi, Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical (CIBET), Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo. 11501-2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica

^*Author for correspondence

Abstract

A new species of Loasa, endemic to the northern Andes of Chile, is described and informally evaluated, under the IUCN criteria for conservation, as Critically Endangered. Molecular analyses based on plastid markers place the new species within the Loasa ser. Macrospermae, with high support, and specifically as sister to Loasa acerifolia. A key to and comparative plates including all the 13 known species of Loasa ser. Macrospermae are provided.

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Ludovica Santilli, Nicolás Lavandero, Claire De Schrevel, Philippe Dandois, and Rafael Acuña-Castillo "A New Endemic Species of Loasa ser. Macrospermae (Loasaceae) from Northern Chile," Systematic Botany 47(4), 1065-1079, (12 December 2022). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16674054154179

Published: 12 December 2022

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