Cupania moralesii (Sapindaceae), a new endemic tree species from the premontane forest of Costa Rica

JOSÉ ESTEBAN JIMÉNEZ; PEDRO JUÁREZ; JOSÉ MIGUEL CHAVES-FALLAS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.275.1.8

Issue: Vol. 275 No. 1: 16 September 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-09-16

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.275.1.8

Page range: 69–74

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Cupania moralesii (Sapindaceae), a new endemic tree species from the premontane forest of Costa Rica

JOSÉ ESTEBAN JIMÉNEZ⁺⁻
PEDRO JUÁREZ⁺⁻
JOSÉ MIGUEL CHAVES-FALLAS⁺⁻

Programa Regional de Posgrado en Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo. 11501−2060, San José, Costa Rica.

Fundación Pro Zoológicos, Apdo. 11594-1000, San José, Costa Rica.

Department of Biology and Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri‒St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63121, USA.

Dota Endemic Monteverde New species Premontane forest Sarapiquí Taxonomy Eudicots

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Abstract

Cupania moralesii (Sapindaceae), a new endemic tree species from Costa Rica, is described and illustrated. The similarities and differences between this species and C. livida are discussed.