Two New Species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from the Andes in Ecuador and Peru

Abstract

Two new species of Ocotea Aubl. from southern Ecuador and central Peru are described. The Peruvian species, O. raymondiana van der Werff, belongs in the Ocotea smithiana group and the affinity of the Ecuadorian species, Ocotea aligra van der Werff, is uncertain.