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New and reconsidered species of tropical American Melastomataceae

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Two species of berry-fruited Melastomataceae are described as new: Blakea unguiculata from the Caribbean lowlands of Panama, and Miconia mcphersonii from the Caribbean lowlands of Panama and lowland forests on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia. Discussions, distributional data, diagnostic illustrations, and a conservation assessment are provided for each of the new species. Meriania hoyosii, comb. nov. and M. compressicaulis , nom. nov. are proposed to effect the transfer of two species of Adelobotrys (A. hoyosii and A. panamensis respectively) to the genus Meriania. A revised key to the Mesoamerican species of Meriania is also provided.

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Dos especies de Melastomataceae con bayas se describen como nuevas: Blakea unguiculata de las tierras bajas del Caribe de Panamá y Miconia mcphersonii de los bosques de tierras bajas en la vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Occidental de Colombia. Las discusiones, datos de distribución, ilustraciones diagnóstico y una evaluación de conservación se proporciona para cada una de las nuevas species. Meriania hoyosii comb. nov. y M. compressicaulis nom. nov. se proponen para efectuar la transferencia de dos especies de Adelobotrys (A. hoyosii y A. panamensis respectivamente) al género Meriania. También se proporciona una clave revisada para las especies mesoamericanas de Meriania.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Gerrit Davidse, Pete Lowry, George Schatz, and Gordon McPherson for sharing collections, information, and advice about the MPSA mine site in Panama; Carlos Parra for logistical support in Colombia; Fabián A. Michelangeli and Humberto Mendoza for helpful reviews of the manuscript; and Sarah Adler for the line drawings. Permission to collect in protected areas of Colombia was authorized by Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA)-Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. The work reported on here was supported, in part, by the California Academy of Sciences and National Science Foundation grants DEB-0818399 -Planetary Biodiversity Inventory-Miconieae and DEB-1146409-Phylogeny and Biogeography of Melastomataceae).

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Almeda, F., Penneys, D.S. New and reconsidered species of tropical American Melastomataceae. Brittonia 66, 160–169 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-013-9320-2

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