Abstract
Two high Andean taxa from South Peru, Viola ornata and Viola longibracteolata, are described and illustrated. During a series of ecotourism and botanical expeditions in the Moquegua and Arequipa regions, four populations of V. ornata and one population of V. longibracteolata were discovered. Both species are compared with morphologically similar species of subg. Neoandinium. Their resemblances and differences are discussed, including by means of a key. We have determined the potential IUCN status of both new species as Critically Endangered (CR).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 52-64 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Phytotaxa |
| Volume | 571 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors appreciate the important background contribution resulting from the initiative by the Alpine Garden Society of Great Britain to organize a tour to Peru including the little-visited area where this distinctive new Andean rosulate violet was originally found. The second author thanks SERFOR for the collection permit N°133-2018-MINAGRISERFOR/DGGSPFFS and also thanks the INS-CENSI team during the collections in Yunga in 2019. We also thank Delsy Trujillo for her meticulously executed botanical artwork of V. ornata.
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Copyright © 2022 Magnolia Press.
Keywords
- Andes
- chorology
- dispersal
- mine development
- narrow endemic
- rare
- Viola
- vulnerable
