Rediscovery of Gasteranthusextinctus L.E.Skog & L.P.Kvist (Gesneriaceae) at multiple sites in western Ecuador

Nigel C A Pitman1, Dawson M White2, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino1,3

  • 1Keller Science Action Center, Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Du Sable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605 USA.

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|May 19, 2022
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