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SUBMITTER: Mendoza-Cifuentes H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6548743 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendoza-Cifuentes Humberto H Ariza William W Granados David E DE Rosana Romero
PhytoKeys 20190528
<i>Microlicia</i> (Melastomataceae) is a Neotropical genus nearly restricted to southeastern Brazil, and the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, with a few species in some places in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. A new species of <i>Microlicia</i> endemic to the mountains of eastern Andes of Colombia is described and illustrated. Its affinities with other morphologically similar species from Venezuela are also documented. This novelty is the first record of the genus for Colombia and the northern Andes. ...[more]