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2015-07-01

DRYMONIA SQUAMOSA (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM LAS ORQUÍDEAS NATIONAL NATURAL PARK (ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA)

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  • Laura Clavijo Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Box 870345, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 USA.
  • John L. Clark Science Department, The Lawrenceville School, 2500 Main Street, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 08648 USA.

A new species of Drymonia (Gesneriaceae) from the Cordillera Occidental of the Colombian Andes in the department of Antioquia is described and illustrated. The new species, Drymonia squamosa, is distinguished by dense clusters of scales on the petioles, glabrate leaf blades with minute punctations on the lower surface, calyx appearing swollen at base with lanceolate lobes, corolla villous to lanate, and style with glandular trichomes. Additionally, D. squamosa is categorized as vulnerable (VU) based on the IUCN criteria.

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DRYMONIA SQUAMOSA (GESNERIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM LAS ORQUÍDEAS NATIONAL NATURAL PARK (ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA). (2015). Caldasia, 37(2), 271-277. https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v37n2.54374