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A study of collections of Chrysobalanaceae provides range extensions of some species and additional information for a few poorly known ones. Ten new species are here described and illustrated:Licania cabrerae, L. montana, L. morii, L. jefensis, L. pakaraimensis, L. marlenei, L. stewardii, L. aracaensis, Hirtella arenosa, H. conduplicata. Several of these are from high elevations, showing that the family is not exclusively of lowlands.
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Work supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant GB-18655 which is gratefully acknowledged.
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Prance, G.T. Additions to Neotropical Chrysobalanaceae. Brittonia 28, 209–230 (1976). https://doi.org/10.2307/2805831
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