Two new species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae-Hippotideae), belonging to the group bearing entire leaves, with blades tapering and subsessile at the base and 5-lobed regular calyxes, are described herewith: Pentagonia bonifaziana, from the wet forests of the Mache-Chindul Reserve in northwestern Ecuador, and P. pachiteana, from the Amazonian lowlands of Pachitea, Peru.
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1 July 2006
TWO NEW SPECIES OF PENTAGONIA (RUBIACEAE-HIPPOTIDEAE) FROM ECUADOR AND PERU
Xavier Cornejo
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Ecuador
Endemics
P. pachiteana
Pentagonia bonifaziana
Peru
Rubiaceae-Hippotideae
wet to pluvial forests