Mandevilla pavonii Woodson, Ann.

Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19:73. 1932. Echites hirsutus Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 2:19, t. 136.1799, nom. illeg., non Rich.(1792). Prestonia hirsuta Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1:637.1825. Echites pavonii A.DC., Prodr. 8:463.1844. Amblyanthera pavonii (A.DC.) Müll.Arg.,Linnaea 30:450.1860. TYPE: PERÚ. LORETO: S. Antonii de playa Grande y Chicoplaya, ago–sep 1778 –1788 (fl), H. Ruiz & J. PavÓn 11/57 (HOLOTYPE: MA; ISOTYPES: B [destroyed, photo F neg. 4529], G-DC). Distribution.— Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, northeastern Bolivia, and northeastern Brazil, at 100–1300 m. Discussion.— Mandevilla pavonii has been collected several times between 1976 and 2007, but it was not reported in previous checklists or additions to the Flora of Ecuador. It is similar to M. hirsuta but easily separated by its hypocrateriform corolla (vs. infundibuliform). Specimens examined: ECUADOR. Napo: Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Coca, 4 Nov 1976 (fl,fr), Balslev & Madsen 10594 (AAU, COL, MBM, MO, NY, Q, QCA, US); carretera Baeza–Lago Agrio, Jul 1982 (fl,fr), Besse et al. 1531 (F, MO, SEL); Parque Nacional YasunÍ, S de rÍo Napo, 27 Jan 1998 (fl,fr), Burnham 1602 (MICH, MO, QCA, QCNE); Parque Nacional YasunÍ, carretera petrolera,km 86.5, 30 Nov 1998 (fl), Burnham & Kohn 1850 (MICH, QCNE); rÍo Aguarico, carretera vieja a Coca, 29 Jun 1980 (fl), Jaramillo & Coehlo 2623 (QCA, QCNE); Parque Nacional YasunÍ, Daimi, 15 Sep 1989 (fl,fr), Jaramillo & Grijalva 11031 (QCA). Pastaza: rÍo Curaray, cerca de Laguna Garzayacu, 20 Aug 1985 (fl,fr), Palacios & Neill 668 (LPB, MO, QCA, WAG); Puyo, Los Vencedores, 31 Jul 1995 (fl,fr), Soejarto et al. 9243 (CR, F). Sucumbios: Nueva Loja, Lago Agrio, Pozo Charapa 1, 9 Jul 2007 (fl), CerÓn & Yánez 59840 (MO, QAP). Zamora-Chinchipe: Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor, Área de Conservación Los Tepuyes, 15 Sep 2007 (fl), Neill et al.15721 (MO).