@article{fb19141c8f834e719641c3f49d984e5f,
title = "Monticalia speciosa (senecioneae, compositae), a noteworthy new species from Ecuador",
abstract = "A new species of Monticalia with minute, ciliate leaves, radiate capitula, and eight involucral bracts is described from the northern Andes of Ecuador. It is a striking shrub that has been oddly overlooked until now. It grows in the highlands of Papallacta, a very humid p{\'a}ramo characterized by harboring many lagoons. Photographs of living plants of the new species and a related taxon are provided.",
keywords = "Andes, Asteraceae, P{\'a}ramo, Taxonomy",
author = "Joel Calvo and Katya Romoleroux",
note = "Funding Information: We are very grateful to the curators and staff of the herbaria mentioned in the text. Thanks to the Ecuadorian Ministry for extending the Contrato Marco de Acceso a Recursos Gen{\'e}ticos (MAE-DNB-CM-2018-0082), and to SENESCYT through the project Arca de No{\'e} for research funds to the second author. This work has been funded by FONDECYT from Chile by means of a postdoctoral fellowship of the first author (project No3170270). Funding Information: we are very grateful to the curators and staff of the herbaria mentioned in the text. Thanks to the Ecuadorian Ministry for extending the Contrato Marco de Acceso a Recursos Gen{\'e}ticos (MAE-DNB-CM-2018-0082), and to SENESCYT through the project Arca de no{\'e} for research funds to the second author. This work has been funded by fONDECYT from Chile by means of a postdoctoral fellowship of the first author (project Nº3170270). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Magnolia Press.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "8",
doi = "10.11646/phytotaxa.400.4.4",
language = "English",
volume = "400",
pages = "246--250",
journal = "Phytotaxa",
issn = "1179-3155",
number = "4",
}