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Two new species and a new name in Andean Asclepiadaceae
Author(s) -
Morillo Gilberto
Publication year - 1994
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.1756-1051.1994.tb00600.x
Subject(s) - correct name , biology , ethnobotany , botany , species name , taxonomy (biology) , medicinal plants
Two new species of Asclepiadaceae, Cynanchum ellemannii and Gonolobus saraguranus , collected by Lis Elleman the “Aarhus University Ecuador Project” as part of an ethnobotanical study in the Province of Loja, are here described and illustrated. Moreover, the new name Cynanchum trianae is proposed.