Cactus novelties from southern Ecuador |
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| Authors: | Jens E Madsen MZhofre Aguirre |
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| Institution: | Herbarium, University of Aarhus, Building 137.8000 Aarhus C., Denmark. E-mail:;Herbario Loja, Departamento de Botánica y Ecología.Universidad Nacionul de Loja, Casilla letra "B"Loja, Ecuador |
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| Abstract: | The epiphytic Rhipsalis riocampanensis from the upper montane rain forest of the Podocarpus National Park is described as a new species. A large columnar cactus previously known from N Peru, Browningia microsperma. is here recorded from the Loja province in southern Ecuador. It is the first time Browningia has been reported from Ecuador. Espostoa lanata ssp. roseiflora is described as a new subspecies based on a population in the Catamayo valley. It is suggested that Armatocereus rupicola is an older name for Armatocereus brevispinus. |
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