A New Species of Gonolobus (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) from Costa Rica

Úrsula Wydrzycka; W. D. Stevens

doi:10.3417/20261032

Úrsula Wydrzycka Universidad Nacional (retired)
W. D. Stevens Missouri Botanical Garden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/20261032

Keywords: Apocynaceae, Costa Rica, endemism, Gonolobus, milkweed

Abstract

Recent collecting has resulted in the discovery of a new endemic species of milkweed (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) from the mountains of central Costa Rica, here described and illustrated as Gonolobus costaricensis Wydrzycka & W. D. Stevens.