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Oreopanax (Araliaceae) in Ecuador
Author(s) -
Borchsenius Finn
Publication year - 1997
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.1756-1051.1997.tb00334.x
Subject(s) - biology , araliaceae , key (lock) , botany , type (biology) , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , ecology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , ginseng
Oreopanax is represented by twenty species in Ecuador. The morphological basis for their classification is briefly discussed. A key to the species is provided. A description of each species is given. Six species are described as new (Oreopanax grandifolius, O. impolitus, O. microflorus, O. obscurus, O robustus, and 0. trifidus), while nine names with type in Ecuador are reduced to synonyms.