2000•Nordic Journal of BotanyRequires access

Six new species of Melastomataceae from Ecuador

Elvira Cotton

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Six new species of Melastomataceae from Ecuador are described: Miconia renneri from the montane forests in north‐western Ecuador; Clidemia longipedunculata from the lowland rainforest in eastern Ecuador, and Miconia oellgaardii, Brachyotum johannes‐julii, B. russatum , and B. incrassatum from the upper montane forests and plramos in southern Ecuador.

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Key concepts: Melastomataceae, Montane ecology, Rainforest, Biology, Botany, Forestry, Ecology, Geography