A new species of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae) for Ecuador

Abstract:

A new species of Croizatia (Euphorbiaceae) from the costal lowlands of Ecuador is described and illustrated. Croizatia cimalonia is a shrub or small tree that forms stands between 300 and 800 m on Cerro Cimalón in the Reserva Ecológica Manglares-Churute. It is characterized by trunks with fissured external bark; short, transversely striate petioles (5-13 mm long); greenish pentamerous flowers, shortly strigose pistillate pedicels (25-40 mm long); and 3-lobed, capsular fruits.

Año de publicación:

2002

Keywords:

• ECUADOR
• euphorbiaceae
• Croizatia

Fuente:

scopus