Three New Species of Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) from Ecuador

Carlos Reynel R.

doi:10.3417/2022741

Carlos Reynel R. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2022741

Keywords: Neotropics, Rutaceae, taxonomy, Zanthoxylum

Abstract

Three new species of Zanthoxylum L. (Rutaceae) from Andean Ecuador are here described based upon their morphological characters: Z. complexum Reynel, Z. kallunkiae Reynel, and Z. pluvimontanum Reynel & D. Tarazona. They all belong to the most speciose section of the genus, Macqueria Comm. ex Triana & Planch, and within it, they can be distinguished by several characters; each one belongs to a different species group of the mentioned section.