Abstract
Recent collections received for identification contain three conspicuous new species for the mid altitude forests of Amazonian Peru. Licania palcazuensis, Licania apiknae and Licania monteagudensis are described as new and their relationship to other species is discussed. A key is provided for all the species of Licania subgenus Licania section Licania known to occur in Peru.
Highlights
Since a world monograph of the Chrysobalanaceae (Prance and Sothers 2003a,b) new species are still being discovered (Prance 2013) and recently studied collections reveal three more in the genus Licania, all from Amazonian Peru, a region that is still yielding many novelties
The sterile inventory material that I have seen from this region indicates that there are many more yet to be described
Differs from all other species of Licania in the inflorescence branching with pseudopedicels bearing one or several flowers that articulate from it, and the bracteoles have marginal hairs that terminate in tiny glands
Summary
Since a world monograph of the Chrysobalanaceae (Prance and Sothers 2003a,b) new species are still being discovered (Prance 2013) and recently studied collections reveal three more in the genus Licania, all from Amazonian Peru, a region that is still yielding many novelties. The sterile inventory material that I have seen from this region indicates that there are many more yet to be described. The new species described here fall into two of the subgenera, subgenus Licania and subgenus Moquilea.
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