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Piper kelleyi, a hotspot of ecological interactions and a new species from Ecuador and Peru

Author(s) -

Eric J. Tepe,

Genoveva RodríguezCastañeda,

Andrea E. Glassmire,

Lee A. Dyer

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

phytokeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 1314-2011

pISSN - 1314-2003

DOI - 10.3897/phytokeys.34.6376

Subject(s) - piper , generalist and specialist species , herbivore , biology , ecology , predation , habitat , botany

We describe Piper kelleyi sp. nov., a new species from the eastern Andes of Ecuador and Peru, named in honor of Dr. Walter Almond Kelley. Piper kelleyi is a member of the Macrostachys clade of the genus Piper and supports a rich community of generalist and specialist herbivores, their predators and parasitoids, as well as commensalistic earwigs, and mutualistic ants. This new species was recognized as part of an ecological study of phytochemically mediated relationships between plants, herbivores, predators, and parasitoids. Compared to over 100 other Piper species surveyed, Piper kelleyi supports the largest community of specialist herbivores and parasitoids observed to date.

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