Magnolia tapichalacaensis (M. sect. Splendentes, Magnoliaceae), a new species from the Andean foothills of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Magnolia tapichalacaensis is described from the cloud forest remnants of Quebrada Honda, Tapichalaca Reserve in the Zamora Chinchipe Province, south-east Ecuador. This species is characterized by its tomentose leaves and hypsophyll, flowers 5.6–7.5 cm in diameter with three sepals that are abaxially tomentose to villous and adaxially glabrous, petals 9–10, stamens 54–63, gynoecium densely tomentose with 4–5 carpels and densely tomentose ellipsoid fruits. An illustration, photos and a distribution map for the new species are provided. Relationships with other species are discussed, and preliminary conservation status of Critically Endangered (CR) is assigned. Finally, an updated list of Ecuadorian magnolias is presented.

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Phytotaxa
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2025-09-03
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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.716.4.2
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Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
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Magnolia tapichalacaensis (M. sect. Splendentes, Magnoliaceae), a new species from the Andean foothills of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Kevin S. Burgess, FANNY HIDALGO, J. ANTONIO VÁZQUEZ-GARCÍA, FREDY ARCHILA et al.
Phytotaxa
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
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Magnolia tapichalacaensis (M. sect. Splendentes, Magnoliaceae), a new species from the Andean foothills of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador

Kevin S. Burgess, FANNY HIDALGO, J. ANTONIO VÁZQUEZ-GARCÍA, FREDY ARCHILA, Ramiro Muñoz Mendoza, Rosana Zenil‐Ferguson, Nelson Jaramillo Jaramillo, F.J. López Mendoza, Álvaro J. Pérez, Edison Rea, Jennifer Martínez González-Quevedo
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Magnolia tapichalacaensis is described from the cloud forest remnants of Quebrada Honda, Tapichalaca Reserve in the Zamora Chinchipe Province, south-east Ecuador. This species is characterized by its tomentose leaves and hypsophyll, flowers 5.6–7.5 cm in diameter with three sepals that are abaxially tomentose to villous and adaxially glabrous, petals 9–10, stamens 54–63, gynoecium densely tomentose with 4–5 carpels and densely tomentose ellipsoid fruits. An illustration, photos and a distribution map for the new species are provided. Relationships with other species are discussed, and preliminary conservation status of Critically Endangered (CR) is assigned. Finally, an updated list of Ecuadorian magnolias is presented.

PhytotaxaVol. 716(4)
University of Kentucky (US), Mercer University (US), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (GT), Universidad de Guadalajara (MX), ConocoPhillips (United States) (US), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (EC), Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (ES), Instituto de Botânica (BR), Universidad Nacional de Loja (EC)
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Magnolia tapichalacaensis (M. sect. Splendentes, Magnoliaceae), a new species from the Andean foothills of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador — Kevin S. Burgess, FANNY HIDALGO, et al. · Phytotaxa (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS