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Two new species of Chrysophyllum (Sapotaceae) endemic to Costa Rica

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Chrysophyllum moralesianum and C. sierpense, two new species endemic to Costa Rica, are described and illustrated. Also provided is a dichotomous key for the species of Chrysophyllum that occur in the Osa Peninsula.

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Se describen e ilustran dos nuevas especies endémicas de Costa Rica, Chrysophyllum moralesianum y C. sierpense. Adicionalmente, se provee una clave dicotómica para las especies de Chrysophyllum presentes en la Península de Osa.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Chris Davidson, Sharon Cristoph, Finca Playa Karé, and the Blue Moon Foundation for their support of the Vascular Plants of Osa project, and the herbaria A, CR, GH, MO. Also, Mike Grayum for his revision and proofreading of the manuscript, Stephanie Keil and Mike Blomberg for helping on the images, Alex Mauricio Campos for his excellent illustrations, Cristian A. López for checking Panamanian specimens, and Laura Lagomarsino and two anonymous reviewers for comments on the manuscript. José Miguel Chaves-Fallas is funded by the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center.

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    Present address: Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166-0299, USA

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  1. Department of Biology and Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63121, USA

    José Miguel Chaves-Fallas

  2. Los Charcos de Osa, Centro de Diversidad de Plantas Regionales, Osa, Costa Rica, USA

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Santamaría-Aguilar, D., Chaves-Fallas, J.M. & Aguilar, R. Two new species of Chrysophyllum (Sapotaceae) endemic to Costa Rica. Brittonia 69, 222–230 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-016-9459-8

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