Gustavia crassifolia (Lecythidaceae): A large-flowered new species from northwestern Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v20.i1.1463Keywords:
Antioquia, Chocó, Endemic, Horticulture, Neotropics, OrnamentalAbstract
Gustavia crassifolia (Lecythidaceae), a new species of tree that produces beautiful large flowers, ca. 24 cm in diameter, from the departments Chocó and Antioquia in northwestern Colombia is formally presented and illustrated.
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