Una Especie Nueva de Laplacea, un Género Controversial de Theaceae, de la Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador

Gabriela F. Moya; Nelson Miranda-Moyano; Nora H. Oleas; Carmen Ulloa Ulloa

doi:10.3417/2022753

Gabriela F. Moya Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-1065
Nelson Miranda-Moyano Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Nora H. Oleas Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa Missouri Botanical Garden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3417/2022753

Keywords: Endemism, Gordonia, ptyxis, sandstone plateaus

Abstract

Laplacea plicata G. Moya, N. Miranda, Oleas & C. Ulloa, restricted to the sandstone plateaus of the Cordillera del Cóndor in southeastern Ecuador, is described as a species new to science, illustrated, and compared with other two morphologically similar species: L. tomentosa (Mart.) G. Don and L. spathulata Kobuski. Additionally, a preliminary conservation status assessment of L. plicata is presented.