Title
A new shrubby species of Nasa Weigend ser. Carunculatae (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (Loasaceae) from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone
Other title
Nueva especie arbustiva de Nasa Weigend ser. Carunculatae (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (Loasaceae) de la Zona Amotape-Huancabamba
Date Issued
01 December 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Nasa is the largest genera in the Loasaceae family and it is particularly speciose in the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of northern Peru. Nasa ser. Carunculatae is a group of four species, three of them endemic to the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone. Species in this group are characterized by their shrubby habit, deciduous leaves, and typical tilt-revolving flowers with white to greenish petals. In this work, we describe a new species of Nasa ser. Carunculatae from the southern limit of Amotape-Huancabamba area, La Libertad, Peru. The species differs from others in having much smaller and notably narrower leaves. Unlike all the other species of ser. Carunculatae, the entire distal portion of the stem is densely glandular. It is apparently most closely related to Nasa carunculata, a species known from inter-Andean valleys of Ancash and Ayacucho.
Start page
151
End page
156
Volume
16
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84892966797
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
We thank Golder Associates Peru S. A. and the Barrick Lagu-nas Norte Mining Company for the logistic support during field work. Similarly, we thank Niels Valencia, Blanca León, Mónica Arakaki and María I. La Torre for reviewing the manuscript. Also, we thanks to José Roque for your help with the figure 1. Financial support for the first author (TH) by the NaFöG is gratefully acknowledged. We want to express our gratitude to Kristin Hardge for providing the drawing.
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