Abstract

Acisanthera leptalea, a new species known only from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia, is described, illustrated, and compared with its presumed closest relatives,A. hedyotidea andA. tetramera, and five other species known from Bolivia. It is assigned to sectionDicrananthera which now comprises three species characterized by sessile or subsessile leaves, 4-merous solitary flowers, and bilocular ovaries.

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