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A new species of Cestrum (Solanaceae) from the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela

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A new species ofCestrum from the Cordillera de Mérida in Trujillo state is described and illustrated.Cestrum darcyanum, morphologically similar toC. microcalyx Francey, is distinguished by dendritic pubescence on its branchlets and leaves, larger corolla, stamens distended and geniculate above their point of adnation to the corolla, and larger calyx. A key is provided for species of VenezuelanCestrum possessing dendritic pubescence.

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  1. Facultad Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela

    Carmen Benítez de Rojas

  2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 06269-3043, Storrs, CT, U.S.A.

    Neil W. Sawyer

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de Rojas, C.B., Sawyer, N.W. A new species of Cestrum (Solanaceae) from the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. Brittonia 51, 163–165 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666624

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