Araceae

The checklist of Araceae of Boyacá includes 87 species, an increase of 50 (135 % for the department since the publication of the CPLC (2016). Seven species originally recorded for Boyacá are not accepted by us here (excluded species). Fifteen of the 87 species are not yet confirmed as category 1 names (inclusion is currently tentative). Adelonema is a new genus record for Boyacá from our 2018 field work. Including Adelonema, eight genera have been added for Boyacá when compared to the CLPC, one of which is introduced (Table 2). The genus Dieffenbachia is particularly difficult to identify from herbarium specimens, so all determinations of this genus (except for Dieffenbachia seguine, the most widespread species) are tentative. This genus needs revising in Colombia.