Adelobotrys tessmannii (Merianieae, Melastomataceae) and allies: a refined circumscription and description of two new Amazonian species with notes on their ecology - UTU Research Portal

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Adelobotrys tessmannii (Merianieae, Melastomataceae) and allies: a refined circumscription and description of two new Amazonian species with notes on their ecology

Authors: Leif Schulman, Kalle Ruokolainen

Publisher: Magnolia Press

Publication year: 2015

Journal: Phytotaxa

Journal acronym: Phytotaxa

Volume: 234

Issue: 2

First page : 101

Last page: 120

Number of pages: 20

ISSN: 1179-3155

eISSN: 1179-3163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.234.2.1

Web address : http://mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2015/f/pt00234p120.pdf

Abstract

Adelobotrys tessmannii is re-circumscribed and a lectotype is designated. Two new species, A. latifolius and A. microcarpus, are described, and all three species are illustrated. They have a Western Amazonian, broadly sympatric distribution, which is depicted. Field surveys and chemical soil analyses presented show that A. latifolius prefers more fertile soils than A. microcarpus ̧ while A. tessmannii does not differ from the other species in this respect.