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Additional Ecuadorian species in Calathea series Comosae (Marantaceae)
Author(s) -
Kennedy Helen
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1986.tb00870.x
Subject(s) - biology , botany , zoology
Three new species in Calathea series Comosae (Petersen) Schumann are described from Ecuador: Calathea pallidicosta, C. attenuata and C. lagoagriana. Calathea pallidicosta is currently known only from Ecuador, C. lagoagriana occurs in both Colombia and Ecuador while C. attenuata is more widespread, occurring in Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Brasil. Calathea attenuata and C. pallidicosta are in the monomorphic‐bracted group of C. series Comosae while C. lagoagriana is in the dimorphic‐bracted group. Calathea lagoagriana possibly hybridizes with C. loeseneri Macbride.