Vol. 80 No. 2 (2025)
Articles

A new species of Schlegelia (Schlegeliaceae) from the Colombian Amazon forest

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  • M. Alejandra Jaramillo,
  • Edwin Trujillo-Trujillo,
  • Gerardo A. Aymard Corredor
M. Alejandra Jaramillo
Grupo Diversitas, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, km 2 vía Cajicá-Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Edwin Trujillo-Trujillo
Grupo de Investigación en Agroecosistemas y Conservación en Bosques Amazónicos - GAIA, Laboratorio de Agrobiodiversidad y Malherbologia LAMUA, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la Amazonia, Cl. 17 Diagonal 17 con Cra. 3F, 180 002, Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
Gerardo A. Aymard Corredor
UNELLEZ-Guanare, Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), Mesa de Cavacas, estado Portuguesa 3350, Venezuela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17967

Published 2025-07-18

Keywords

  • Schlegelia nelcyiae,
  • northwestern Amazon,
  • Schlegeliaceae

How to Cite

Jaramillo, M. A., Trujillo-Trujillo, E., & Aymard Corredor, G. A. (2025). A new species of Schlegelia (Schlegeliaceae) from the Colombian Amazon forest. Webbia, 80(2), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17967

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Abstract

Schlegelia nelcyiae, from the remnants of wet Amazonian forests in Colombia is described, illustrated, and compared with its similar species. This new species is a hemiepiphytic liana, that shares several morphological features with S. brachyantha. However, it can be differentiated from this species in the shape of the leaves, inflorescence type, calyx, and corolla shape, size, and color. An updated key to the species of Schlegelia is presented. The present contribution increases to 25 the number of Schlegelia species, 18 of them known from Colombia, the country with the highest diversity of the genus.

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