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Brownea jaramilloi (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae), a new, over-looked species endemic to the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Brownea jaramilloi, a new species, endemic to the northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is described and illustrated, and its placement in the genus discussed. It is unique in the genus Brownea in being characterised by yellow flowers. In a 25-ha plot in Yasuni National Park, this new species averaged 20 individuals (with dbh ≥ 1 cm) per hectare.

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Brownea jaramilloi, una nueva especie, endémica de la Amazonía del noreste de Ecuador se describe e ilustra y se discute su ubicación en el género. Esta es la única especie en el género Brownea que se caracteriza por tener flores amarillas. En una parcela de 25-ha en el Parque Nacional Yasuni se ha registrado un promedio de 20 individuos (con DAP ≥ 1 cm) por hectárea.

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank Robin Foster, Gorky Villa, Margot Bass and Katya Romoleroux for the field identifications; the field workers who have mapped, tagged, collected and identified trees since 1995; Margaret Tebbs for the fine line drawing (Fig. 2); Consuelo Hernandez for creating the distribution map (Map 2); Xavier Cornejo for great photos of the cultivated tree in Archidona (Fig. 1); volunteer donations of the Impuesto a la Renta taxes for the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE); the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; the Ecuadorian Ministerio del Ambiente granted permission for our work in Yasuni National Park; and the two reviewers for very useful comments which improved the manuscript.

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  1. Laboratorio de Ecología de Plantas, Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador

    Álvaro J. Pérez & Renato Valencia

  2. Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Bente B. Klitgård

  3. Jodrell Laboratories, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK

    Charilaos Saslis-Lagoudakis

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Pérez, Á.J., Klitgård, B.B., Saslis-Lagoudakis, C. et al. Brownea jaramilloi (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae), a new, over-looked species endemic to the Ecuadorian Amazon. Kew Bull 68, 157–162 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9423-z

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