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Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXXII. New Species and a New Combination in Coussarea (Coussareeae) from Western South America

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The Neotropical genus Coussarea is species-rich and widely distributed but not well known. Seven new species are described here, documented mainly by recent botanical exploration: C. acrensis is found in western Brazil, C. boliviensis and C. mexiae in the mountains of northwestern Bolivia, and C. camposiana, C. maranonensis, C. pseudopilosula, and C. vasqueziana in Peru. The new combination C. insolita is based on Rudgea insolita from Colombia.

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I thank Roy E. Gereau, Rocio Rojas, Rodolfo Vásquez, James Graham, Michael Grayum, Thomas Zanoni, José Campos, Joaquina Albán, Douglas Daly, Eder Chilquillo, Christine Niezgoda, Maria do Socorro Pereira, Jomar Jardim, Maria Regina de V. Barbosa, Maria do Céo Pessoa, Robbin Moran, two anonymous reviewers, and especially Robin Foster and Rosa Ortiz for helpful discussions and comments, logistical assistance in Peru, and providing information for this work; and O. M. Montiel and R. Magill for significant encouragement and support of this work.

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Taylor, C.M. Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXXII. New Species and a New Combination in Coussarea (Coussareeae) from Western South America. Brittonia 66, 256–268 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-014-9328-2

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