A NEW SPECIES OF FREZIERA (PENTAPHYLACACEAE) FROM Ecuador, WITH LARGE LEAVES AND FLOWERS

D. Santamaría-Aguilar, Missouri Botanical Garden
D. A. Neill, Amazonia State University
L. P. Lagomarsino, Missouri Botanical Garden

Abstract

Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2016). Freziera grandiflora (Pentaphylacaceae), a new species from western Ecuador with relatively large leaves, flowers and fruits, is described and illustrated. Its distribution, phenology, habitat and relationship to allied species are discussed. Its conservation status is tentatively considered Vulnerable.