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Tristerix rhodanthus, a new species of Loranthaceae from Bolivia

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A new, large-flowered species of Tristerix, T. rhodanthus, is described and illustrated from Bolivia

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I wish to acknowledge the financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada. The SEM work was done by E. Humphries (University of Victoria), the photograph being prepared by David Lye. A special note of thanks goes to Alfredo Fuentes (LPB) for kindly sending me pivotal floral material of the type, and to Roy Gereau (MO) for providing the Latin description.

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Kuijt, J. Tristerix rhodanthus, a new species of Loranthaceae from Bolivia. Brittonia 65, 292–295 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-012-9286-5

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