Magnolia lozanoi (Magnolia subsect. Dugandiodendron, Magnoliaceae) bkp_rediscovered on Ecuadorian “tepuis” in Reserva Biológica El Quimi, Cordillera del Cóndor: Critically endangered by open-pit mining

Abstract:

Magnolia lozanoi is bkp_rediscovered 26 years after being collected for the first time. Herbarium specimens were collected by Al Gentry in 1993 and formally described by Antonio Vázquez and Ernesto Castro in 2012. This species is known only from El Quimi Biological Reserve in the province of Morona-Santiago, southeastern Ecuador. An emended description, distribution map and the first photographs of this species are provided. Additionally, its relationships with other species are discussed. Its conservation status is proposed as critically endangered (CR) according to IUCN criteria.

Año de publicación:

2020

Keywords:

• Dugandiodendron
• CORDILLERA DEL CÓNDOR
• Andean tepui
• Reserva Biológica El Quimi
• Achupallas Camp

Fuente:

scopus