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Besleria iara, a new species from the western Amazon lowland rainforest in Brazil and Peru, is described and illustrated. Data are provided on the species’ ecology, distribution, and conservation status.… Click to show full abstract
Besleria iara, a new species from the western Amazon lowland rainforest in Brazil and Peru, is described and illustrated. Data are provided on the species’ ecology, distribution, and conservation status. This species is a shrub, with hirsute indumentum covering almost the whole plant, orange calyx, and yellow tubular-ventricose corolla. It was found growing in the understory of humid terra firme forest, along the margin of small streams.
Keywords:
gesneriaceae western;
species besleria;
besleria gesneriaceae;
amazon rainforest;
new species;
western amazon
Journal Title: Brittonia
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Brittonia
Year Published: 2017
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