<i>Sloanea esmeraldana</i> Pal.-Duque, <i>sp. nov.</i> (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Chocó Department (Colombia).

Leonardo Palacios-Duque

doi:10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i1.254

Sloanea esmeraldana Pal.-Duque, sp. nov. (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Chocó Department (Colombia).

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Leonardo Palacios-Duque Grupo de Investigación en Biosistemática, Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó Diego Luis Córdoba, Ciudadela Universitaria

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https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i1.254

Keywords:

Chocó, Colombia, Elaeocarpaceae, Sloanea esmeraldana

Abstract

Sloanea esmeraldana (Elaeocarpaceae) from the central Chocó (Colombia) rainforest is described here. The new species is included in section Brevispicae, where it is to be characterized by its ovoid capsules 2.65-2.9 cm in length, 1.4-1.75 cm in diameter, its straight, irritant, purple to blackish spines 3-5 mm in length, and its mumerous seeds, (2.5)3.5(4) mm in length, 1.5- 2.5 mm in diameter.

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Palacios-Duque, L. 2004a. Una Nueva especie de Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) del Chocó, Colombia. Hickenia 3 (49): 201-204.

Palacios-Duque, L. 2004b. Dos Nuevas especies de Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) del Chocó, (Colombia). Caldasia 26 (2): 429-432.

Palacios-Duque, L. & Fernández Alonso, J.L. 2005. Una nueva e interesante especie de Sloanea(Elaeocarpaceae) del Pacífico Colombiano. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales 29 (111): 179-182.

Smith, C.E. 1954. The New World Species of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae). Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harward University 175: 1-114.

Smith, D.A. 2001. Elaeocarpaceae. In: W.D. Stevens, C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs on Systematic Botany of the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: 816-820.

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Published

2007-06-30

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Palacios-Duque, L. (2007). Sloanea esmeraldana Pal.-Duque, sp. nov. (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Chocó Department (Colombia). Anales Del Jardín Botánico De Madrid, 64(1), 103–105. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2007.v64.i1.254

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Vol. 64 No. 1 (2007)

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