Additions to the knowledge of the genus symplocos (symplocaceae) in ecuador and Peru

Abstract

Eight Andean species of Symplocos Jacq. (Symplocaceae) are described as new to science. They include: S. condorensis B. Sthl, S. neillii B. Ståhl, and S. vanderwerffii B. Sthl from southern Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe and Morona-Santiago provinces); S. golondrinae B. Sthl from northern Ecuador (Carchi Province); S. guacamayensis B. Sthl from east-central Ecuador (Napo Province); S. fragilis B. Sthl and S. ovata B. Sthl from northern Peru (Amazonas Department); and S. dolichopoda B. Sthl from southern Peru (Cusco Department). Symplocos spruceana (Miers) Grke and S. nuda Humb. & Bonpl. are reported as new to Ecuador and Peru, respectively. © Missouri Botanical Garden 2010.