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Forestiera ecuadorensis: A new endemic species of Oleaceae and a new generic record for Ecuador

Abstract:

Forestiera ecuadorensis, a new tree species endemic to tropical dry forests of the province of Guayas, western Ecuador, is described; it is a new generic record for that country. It is closely related to the Mesoamerican-Caribbean Forestiera rhamnifolia and Forestiera eggersiana from the Virgin Islands, Haiti and Puerto Rico, but it differs from both of these by having longer leaf blades, with distinctive long-acuminate apices, more lateral secondary veins per side and stamens with shorter filaments. A key to all species presently known from Ecuador is also included. © 2006, by The New York Botanical Garden Press.