Nasa angeldiazioides sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The species is restricted to two forest remnants on the western slope of the northern Peruvian Andes (Dept. Lambayeque) where it is found in the undergrowth of primary forest. The new taxon shows a unique leaf morphology in the family Loasaceae. Molecular and morphological data show that the new species belongs to the Nasa triphylla group. Since the relic forests of the north-western Andes are increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, i.e. droughts and wildfires, the new species already faces imminent extinction.
1.Free Univ Berlin, Bot Garten Bot Museum, Konigin Luise Str 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany 2.Rheinische Friedrich Willyelms Univ Bonn, Nees Inst Biodiversitat Pflanzen, Meckenheimer Alke 170, D-53115 Bonn, Germany 3.Univ Costa Rica, Escuela Biol, San Pedro 115012060, Costa Rica 4.Univ Nacl Trujillo, Herbarium Truxillense HUT, Jr San Martin 392, Trujillo, Peru 5.Serv Nacl Areas Nat Protegidas Estado SERNANP, Calle Diecisiete 355, San Isidro Lima, Peru
Recommended Citation:
Henning, Tilo,Acuna Castillo, Rafael,Rodriguez Rodriguez, Eric Frank,et al. A new striking and critically endangered species of Nasa (Loasaceae, Cornales) from North Peru[J]. PHYTOKEYS,2019-01-01(121):13-28