Browneopsis puyensis (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae), a new species from Amazonian Ecuador

Abstract:

Browneopsis puyensis D.A. Neill & Asanza (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae), a new species known only from a single adult tree in a riverside urban park in the city of Puyo, the capital of Pastaza province at the western edge of the Amazon basin in Ecuador, is described and illustrated. The new species is a large canopy tree attaining 30 m, and the ramiflorous inflorescences are borne on large horizontal limbs. The white, nocturnal flowers are protogynous, a feature not reported previously for Browneopsis or related genera in the tribe Detarieae.

Año de publicación:

2014

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