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Lars W Chatrou1,2, Sofía Lara-Guerrero3, Lennert Gees1
1Systematic and Evolutionary Botany lab, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Ghent University Ghent Belgium.
Abstract:
While preparing a taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Klarobelia Chatrou (Annonaceae), two species new to science - Klarobelia icoja S.Lara & Chatrou, sp. nov., and Malmea abscondita Chatrou & Gees, sp. nov. - were discovered. Both species are known from only two collections, made in Amazonian Peru. We clarify their generic placement and taxonomic identity based on a comparison of morphological characters with previously described species and on molecular phylogenetic analysis of four plastid markers. The conservation status of both species is assessed following IUCN criteria, and line drawings and distribution map are provided.
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