Abstract
Nasa is the largest genera in the Loasaceae family and it is particularly speciose in the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of northern Peru. Nasa ser. Carunculatae is a group of four species, three of them endemic to the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone. Species in this group are characterized by their shrubby habit, deciduous leaves, and typical tilt-revolving flowers with white to greenish petals. In this work, we describe a new species of Nasa ser. Carunculatae from the southern limit of Amotape-Huancabamba area, La Libertad, Peru. The species differs from others in having much smaller and notably narrower leaves. Unlike all the other species of ser. Carunculatae, the entire distal portion of the stem is densely glandular. It is apparently most closely related to Nasa carunculata, a species known from inter-Andean valleys of Ancash and Ayacucho.
| Translated title of the contribution | A new shrubby species of Nasa Weigend ser. Carunculatae (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (Loasaceae) from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 151-156 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Revista Peruana de Biologia |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Dec 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Golder Associates Peru S. A. and the Barrick Lagu-nas Norte Mining Company for the logistic support during field work. Similarly, we thank Niels Valencia, Blanca León, Mónica Arakaki and María I. La Torre for reviewing the manuscript. Also, we thanks to José Roque for your help with the figure 1. Financial support for the first author (TH) by the NaFöG is gratefully acknowledged. We want to express our gratitude to Kristin Hardge for providing the drawing.
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