Title
Vochysia peruviana (Vochysiaceae), a new species from flooded forests, madre de dios, Peru
Date Issued
16 May 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
Vochysia peruviana is described and illustrated as a new species. It occurs in the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, where is associated to flooded forests in the Amazonian lowlands. This species is placed in Vochysia section Ciliantha subsection Ferrugineae. It is compared with the most closely related species, V. ferruginea and V. floribunda.
Start page
275
End page
280
Volume
306
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019205374
Source
Phytotaxa
ISSN of the container
11793155
Sponsor(s)
Sincerely many thanks to Gustavo Shimizu from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas from Brazil, for his help in the revision of the manuscript, to Nigel Pitman and Nancy Hensold from Field Museum of Chicago, for the contributions in the review and translation of the manuscript. I am indebted to Olga Martha Montiel for her help with logistics and access to the Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium (MO). Many thanks to Robin Foster for his help in obtaining a grant to visit the Field Museum and MO herbaria, and to Tyana Wachter and Juliana Philipp for their help during my visit. Gloria Calatayud for providing the illustration of the type specimen.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus