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Cactus novelties from southern Ecuador

2003; Wiley; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1756-1051.2003.tb00365.x

1756-1051

J. E. Madsen, MARGARITA AGUIRRE,

Fern and Epiphyte Biology

The epiphytic Rhipsalis riocampanensis from the upper montane rain forest of the Podocarpus National Park is described as a new species. A large columnar cactus previously known from N Peru, Browningia microsperma. is here recorded from the Loja province in southern Ecuador. It is the first time Browningia has been reported from Ecuador. Espostoa lanata ssp. roseiflora is described as a new subspecies based on a population in the Catamayo valley. It is suggested that Armatocereus rupicola is an older name for Armatocereus brevispinus.