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Miconia complanata (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from the border between Ecuador and Peru

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We describe a new species native to Ecuador and Peru, Miconia complanata . This species has been collected from two different localities: Parque Nacional Podocarpus (Ecuador) and Cordillera del Cóndor (Ecuador and Peru). The strongly quadrangular to winged stem, ridged nodes and coriaceous leaves make this species distinctive even within a large genus.

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Se describe una especie nueva nativa de Ecuador y Perú, Miconia complanata. Esta especie ha sido colectada en dos localidades: el Parque Nacional Podocarpus y la Cordillera del Cóndor. Los tallos fuertemente cuadrangulares a alados, nudos con línea interpeciolar marcada y hojas coriáceas hacen que esta especie sea distintiva, aun para este género tan grande.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the herbarium staff at MO for a loan of requested material and the curators at NY, QCNE, US, and USM for access to the collections. We also thank Bobbi Angell for the illustration and Jürgen Homeier and Carmen Ulloa for photographs of plants in the field. Liz Kiernan prepared the distribution map and assisted with the calculation of the EOO. This manuscript was supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-0818399) and Howard University under the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (HU ADVANCE-IT) Grant, EHR-1208880. We thank Darin Penneys and one anonymous reviewer for suggestions which improved the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

    Janelle M. Burke

  2. Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA

    Fabian Michelangeli

  3. Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE), Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador

    Diana Fernández-Fernández

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Burke, J.M., Michelangeli, F. & Fernández-Fernández, D. Miconia complanata (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from the border between Ecuador and Peru. Brittonia 69, 370–375 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-017-9470-8

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