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Ennealophus tucumanensis (Tigridieae: Iridaceae), a new species from Argentina

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A new species of Ennealophus of the tribe Tigridieae (E. tucumanensis Huaylla) from the southern Andean region of South America is described and illustrated. This species is recognised by its inner tepals being oblong with rounded margins and coloured blue with a darker blue spot at the base of the tepals, and style branches centrally sinuate with lateral ridges.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank John Wood for translating and revising the manuscript, Wanderley Ferreira for preparing the map, Robert Niklasson for the drawing and the Miguel Lillo Herbarium (LIL) in Tucuman and the Herbario del Oriente Boliviano in Santa Cruz (USZ) for facilitating the review of their collections.

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  1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, km 0.3-BR 116, Campus, Av. Transnordestina, s.n., 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

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Huaylla, H. Ennealophus tucumanensis (Tigridieae: Iridaceae), a new species from Argentina. Kew Bull 70, 41 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-015-9591-8

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