Columnea golondrinensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Cerro Golondrinas in the northern Andes of Ecuador

2025/03/04 by John L. Clark · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant Parasitism and Resistance

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.253.144114

openalex publication_date 2025/03/04 · openalex created_date 2025/03/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Exploratory field expeditions to the Chocó forests in the northern Andes of Ecuador resulted in the discovery of a new species of Columnea (Gesneriaceae). Columnea golondrinensis J.L.Clark, sp. nov. , is described as a narrow endemic from the cloud forests of Cerro Golondrinas in the Carchi Province near the northern Ecuadorian border with Colombia. The oval leaves with a rust-colored multicellular hispid indumentum, terrestrial subwoody habit and deeply bilabiate dark purple corollas with glandular trichomes differentiate this taxon from all other congeners. Based on IUCN guidelines, a preliminary conservation status of Vulnerable (VU) is provided for C. golondrinensis .

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