Una nueva especie de Virola (Viroleae, Myristicaceae), novedades corológicas en el género y lista anotada de las especies de la región Amazónica Colombiana
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v19.i3.1421Keywords:
Apaporis, Jirijirimo, Magnoliales, narcótico, paricá, Viroleae, yakeeAbstract
Virola narcotica is described as a new species from the Amazon region of Colombia, in the departments of Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, and Vaupés. The first herbarium specimens were collected by Richard E. Schultes and Isidoro Cabrera, in the basin of the Apaporis River in 1951 and 1952. Subsequently, R.E. Schultes documented for the first time for non-Amerindians, that Virola is used to make a narcotic snuff, with exudate of the inner bark of the trunk. One of the species used to prepare this snuff, corresponds to Virola narcotica, which was confused with V. calophylloidea. We include a description, illustrations, and comparison with morphologically similar species, or those with which it could potentially be confused. The presence of Virola weberbaueri is recorded as new for Colombia and Ecuador. An appendix with an annotated list of Virola species known for the Colombian Amazon region is included.
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