Two New Species of Edible Berries, One in Gaultheria L. and Other in Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) from Costa Rica and Panama

Autor:	Pablo Mu ntilde, oz-Cambronero, Alexander Francisco Rojas-Alvarado
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Panama Taxon Ericaceae Botany Habit (biology) Plant reproductive morphology Biology biology.organism_classification Gaultheria Calyx Vaccinium
Zdroj:	OALib. :1-13
ISSN:	2333-9705 2333-9721
DOI:	10.4236/oalib.1108116
Popis:	Recent studies on the flora of paramos in Costa Rica, reveal two new endemic taxa described here as Gaultheria paramicola A. Rojas and Vaccinium reptans A. Rojas, both known only from Costa Rica and Panama. The first new species have been confused with Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC. (=Gaultheria myrsinoides Kunth), however due to its mucronate leaves without visible secondary veins and white to red fruits it is more related to G. mucronata (L. f.) Hook. & Arn., a species only known from Chile and Argentina but differs because it is hermaphrodite (vs. monoecious), relative shorter plants, shorter laminar blade, shorter corolla, smaller fruits, higher altitudinal distribution and different geographical distribution. The second new species has been confused with Vaccinium consanguineum Klotzsch and V. floribundum Kunth but differs from both because it has procumbent (vs. erect) habit, ovate (vs. lanceolate) leaves, pruinose (vs. not or few pruinose), and insipid (vs. bittersweet) fruits with suberect (vs. appressed) calyx (except in V. floribundum).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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