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Daniel Santamaría-Aguilar1,2, Laura P Lagomarsino1
1Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State, University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1705, USA Louisiana State University Louisiana United States of America.
Abstract:
Otoba is the third largest genus of Myristicaceae in the Neotropics with 12 species, nine of them native to Colombia. Two new species from the department of Antioquia, O. scottmorii sp. nov. and O. squamosa sp. nov., are described and illustrated. Otoba scottmorii occurs in humid, lowland forests, while O. squamosa occurs in premontane forest. Previously, Otoba scottmorii was confused with O. acuminata (which here is considered restricted to Costa Rica and Panama), while O. squamosa was confused with O. gordoniifolia. The similarities and differences between these and other species are discussed.
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