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Three new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae) from Colombia

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Burmeistera antioquensis, Burmeistera bullatifolia, and Burmeistera luteynii (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae), three new species of sect. Barbatae, are described and illustrated, and their affinities and conservation status are discussed. The three species are small herbs that grow in the understory of wet montane forests and páramos of the Central and Western cordilleras of Colombia. Burmeistera antioquensis and Burmeistera luteynii, both restricted to the department of Antioquia, have bright red to pink corollas, whereas Burmeistera bullatifolia, also found in Valle del Cauca and Chocó, has green to yellowish corollas.

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Burmeistera antioquensis, Burmeistera bullatifolia y Burmeistera luteynii (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae), tres nuevas especies de la sección Barbatae E. Wimm., son descritas e ilustradas, y se discuten sus afinidades y estado de conservación. Las tres especies son hierbas pequeñas que crecen en sotobosques montanos húmedos y páramos de las cordilleras Central y Occidental de Colombia. Burmeistera antioquensis y Burmeistera luteynii, restringidas al departamento de Antioquia, tienen corola roja, mientras que Burmeistera bullatifolia, también presente en el Valle del Cauca y Chocó, tiene corola verdosa o amarillo pálido.

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We are grateful to the Fundación para la Promoción de la Investigación y la Tecnología, Banco de la República, and the Facultad de Ciencias and the Dirección Nacional de Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, for financial support of this research (Projects 2413/2009 and 201010011272 to FG). We thank Thomas G. Lammers (Department of Biology and Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh), and Nathan Muchhala (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln), for carefully review the manuscript. Thanks also to the curators of the herbaria HUA, JAUM, MEDEL, and NY, and to N. Muchhala for providing electronic images of some type specimens. We also acknowledge Natalia Pabón-Mora (New York Botanical Garden) for helping with the final edition of the figures, and Julio Betancur (National University of Colombia) for providing the identifications of the bromeliads associated to B. antioquensis.

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    Javier Garzón Venegas

  2. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, AA 7495, Bogotá, Colombia

    Jorge Mario Vélez Puerta & Favio González

  3. Herbario MEDEL, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, AA 3840, Medellín, Colombia

    Jorge Mario Vélez Puerta

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Venegas, J.G., Puerta, J.M.V. & González, F. Three new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae) from Colombia. Brittonia 65, 119–127 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-012-9259-8

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