A new species of Besleria (Gesneriaceae) from the Serranía El Pinche (Cauca), southwestern Colombia

Authors: Sánchez-Taborda, Jhon Country: Colombia DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.162.55891 Published: Jan. 1, 2020 Source: PhytoKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Andes · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

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A new species of the genus Besleria (Gesneriaceae), endemic to the department of Cauca, Colombia, is described and illustrated here. The new species, Besleria santaclarensis Clavijo & Sánchez-Taborda, was discovered in the Regional Protective Forest Reserve “Serranía El Pinche”, Cordillera Occidental of the Colombian Andes. B. santaclarensis is distinguished by the epedunculate inflorescences, usually in the leafless axils near the base, with up to eight orange flowers, and by the magenta calyx that covers 2/3 of the corolla.

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