NOTEWORTHY NEW RECORDS FOR NEOTROPICAL GENTIANACEAE

2 Pages·1994·1.1 MB·English

by  James S Pringle

NOTEWORTHY NEW
RECORDS FOR NEOTROPICAL
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GENTIANACEAE
New
on
distribution records, based specimens have
re-
I
cently identified, are reported here for six Mexican and South American species
Gentiana mirandae
Para
MEXICO.
Veracruz: Mun. Huayacocotla, Viborillas, Huayacocotk, 2200 m, Hernandez M.
This the record of showy but
is first this rarely collected species for Veracruz,
although
the locality near a previously reported locality in Hidalgo (Pringle
is
1977).
W
Ho &
TN.
Gentianella achalensis (Hieron. ex Gilg) Liu
S.
N
km
BOLIVIA.
Tarija. Prov. Arce: 12.5 of Emboroza-Sidras road, on road to Padcaya,
km
22° 12'S, 64° 37'W, 1150 m, Solomon 10160 (MO). Prov. Cercado: 54.9 E of Tarija-
Padcaya road, on road to Entre Rios, 21° 29'S, 64° 20'W, 2050 m, Solomon 10324 (MO).
known
These records extend the range of this species hitherto recorded only
form Argentina, into southernmost Bolivia. Field work in Bolivia by Solomon
J.C.
was
supported by the National Science Foundation.
des (Griseb. ex Gilg) Pringle
J.S.
Loayza: along the S fork of the Rio
/. Jij
77320 (MO).
known
This record extends the range of this species, hitherto recorded only
form Depto. Puno,
Peru, into adjacent Bolivia.
Gentianella primuloides
(Gilg) Pringle
J.S.
BOLIVIA.
La Paz. Prov. B. Saavedra: cerca de la carretera nueva de Cotacampa Ulla-
a
m
4500 X- (HAM,
Ulla, Cerro Menhofer 782 LPB).
Pifiita,
1
,
The
isotype at G, from Depto. Puno, Peru, which of particularly good
is
matched by from
quality, is closely this recent collection just across the border
in Bolivia, indication that this species correctly attributed to the of
is floras
The
both countries. corollas were described by Manhofer (in sched.) as red
and show
contrasting whitish corresponding Gilg
('rojas'), bases, to (1916)
s
description.
Gentianella vargasii Fabris
km
BOLIVIA. La Paz. Prov. MuriUo: La Paz-Calacoto 64 hacia nevado Illimani, sobre el
el
(HAM,
pueblo de Pinaya, pie de Illimani, 4200 m, Beck 9073 LPB).
km
This record extends the known range ca. 570 to the southeast and is the
known
BoHvia, the species hitherto being only form Depto. Cuzco, Peru
for
first
may more
(Fabris 1958). This indicates that the range of G. vargasii be extensive
may
than that of most Andean Gentianella species, even though the species be rela-
A
uncommon. approached, however, in the relatively extensive
parallel
tively is
range oiG.punicea (Wedd.) Holub, which extends from Depto. La Paz, Bolivia,
along the mountain ranges northeast of Lake Titicaca, well into Peru. These
ranges are essentially continuous from the international border to the southeast-
ern part of Depto. Cuzco from which G. vargasii was previously reported.
zamoranum
Tapeinostemon
Steyerm.
PERU. Amazonas. Luya Prov.: Camporredondo-Tullanya, trocha hacia el Cerro Huicsocunga,
& (HAM,
2350 m, Diaz Campos 5733 MO). Cajamarca. Cutervo Prov.: San Andres de Cutervo,
Parque Nacional de Cutervo, entrando por "Chorro Blanco" sobre invernas del Sr. Nicolas
(HAM,
2300-2400 m, 3951 MO).
Navarro, Diazetal.
&
my
which Brako
These records, are the basis of inclusion of this species in
and
Zarucchi's 993) Catalogue the Flowering Plants Gymnosperms ofPeru, are
of
1
(
the the genus and the species for Peru, T. zamoranum hitherto having
for
first
been reported only from southern Ecuador (Steyermark 195
1).
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Canada
Box
Prmgle, Royal Botanical Gardens, 399, Hamilton, Ontario,
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L8N3H8.
This Contribution No. 85 from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton,
is
Gymnosperms
and
Brako, and Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants
o)
L., J.L.
Peru/Catalogo de Angiospermas Gimnospermas de Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missour:
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Fabris, H.A. 1958. Notas sobre Gentianella del Peru. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 7:86-93.
GiLG,E. 1916. GentianaceaeAndinae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(Beibl. 1I8):4-122.
Macbride, 1959. Gentianaceae. Gentian Family. Flora of Peru. Field Mus. Nat. Hist.
In:
J.F.
13(5):270-363.
Bot.Ser.
Pringle, 1977. Taxonomy and distribution oiGentiana (Gentianaceae) in Mexico and Cen-
J.S.
7:174-217.
America. Pneumonanthe. Sida
Sect.
tral
I.
The 14:58-64
Steyermark, 1951. genus Tapeinostemon (Gentianaceae), Lloydia
J.A.