identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
EE187467C82E7968FF90C787FBB61287.text	EE187467C82E7968FF90C787FBB61287.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratostema gualaquizaensis var. lucida (Cornejo & Luteyn 2025) Cornejo & Luteyn 2025	<div><p>1. Ceratostema gualaquizaensis M.M. Jiménez &amp; H. Garzón var. lucida (Cornejo &amp; Luteyn) Cornejo &amp; Luteyn, comb. nov.</p><p>BASYONYM:</p><p>ECUADOR. Morona-Santiago: Parroquia Chiguinda, ca. 3°10′S 78°40′W, 2000 m, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-78.666664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.1666667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -78.666664/lat -3.1666667)">Andean eastern slopes</a>, 16 Feb 2024 (fl), X. Cornejo 10164 [HOLOTYPE: GUAY (mounted and spirit); ISOTYPE: QCA] .</p><p>Discussion.— On 12 Nov 2024, Jiménez et al. (2024a) published in Phytotaxa the new species Ceratostema gualaquizensis M.M. Jiménez &amp; H. Garzón (H. GarzÓn 198, holotype: HUTPL 14828) from southeastern Ecuador.Two weeks later, on 26 Nov 2024, Cornejo and Luteyn (2024) published in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas three new species and a new variety of Ceratostema also from southeastern Ecuador, including C. portillae var. lucida Cornejo &amp; Luteyn (X. Cornejo 10164, holotype: GUAY; isotype: QCA). We maintain that our C. portillae var. lucida is a good variety but should now be recombined as C. gualaquizaensis var. lucida . This new variety as well as C. portillae Cornejo &amp; Luteyn (also published in Cornejo &amp; Luteyn, 2024) are regarded herein as belonging to a C. gualaquizaensis “complex,” a key to which is presented below. Note also that the orthography of the original specific epithet ( “ gualaquizensis ”) is corrected since the locality name after which the species was named is Gualaquiza.</p><p>Ceratostema gualaquizaensis var. lucida is herein newly combined and maintained as a variety because in living plants the characters mentioned in the key below give this variety an overall distinctive appearance, especially when fresh that allows for the taxonomic differentiation important in the horticultural trade and for which reasons this variety is already being sold on the market at the nursery “Ecuagenera” in Ecuador. The recognition of this new variety for ornamental purposes lies primarily in the visual impression of its distinctive glossy leaves and more elongate calyx lobes.</p><p>KEY TO CERATOSTEMA GUALAQUIZAENSIS COMPLEX</p><p>1. Leaves imbricate forming a terminal,loosely pendulous,subtubular arrangement in which the flowers are produced from the interior; leaf base subcordate;petioles villose;calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 11–12 mm long ____________ C. portillae Cornejo &amp; Luteyn</p><p>1. Leaves not imbricate and not forming a terminal subtubular arrangement;leaf base obtuse;petioles puberulous;calyx lobes deltate to lanceolate, 3.4–8.5 mm long.</p><p>2. Leaves opaque without, puberulent on both sides; calyx lobes deltoid, 3.4–4.7 mm long, their apices acuminate ____________________________________________________________________ C. gualaquizaensis M.M.Jiménez &amp; H.Garzón</p><p>2. Leaves glossy without,glabrous on both sides;calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 5–8.5 mm long,their apices caudate __________________________________________________ C. gualaquizaensis var. lucida (Cornejo &amp; Luteyn) Cornejo &amp; Luteyn</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE187467C82E7968FF90C787FBB61287	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Cornejo, Xavier;Luteyn, James L.	Cornejo, Xavier, Luteyn, James L. (2025): A New Combination And Two Nomenclatural Updates In Ceratostema (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) From Southeastern Ecuador. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 19 (1): 35-37, DOI: 10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1390, URL: https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1390
EE187467C82F7968FFB8C19DFF1813E3.text	EE187467C82F7968FFB8C19DFF1813E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ceratostema guachizacae Cornejo & Luteyn, J. Bot. Res. Inst.	<div><p>2. Ceratostema guachizacae Cornejo &amp; Luteyn, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 18(2):322. 2024.</p><p>TYPE: ECUADOR. Zamora-Chinchipe: Canton Yacuambi, Yacuambi environs, ca. 3°36´′S 78°57′W, 1800 m, 16 Feb 2024 (fl), X. Cornejo 10164 [HOLO- TYPE: GUAY (mounted and spirit); ISOTYPE: QCA] .</p><p>Ceratostema portillae A. Doucette &amp; H. Medina, The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia Nomenclature Notes Page, Vol. 9(1):2, https://orchidspecies.com/vol912024.pdf, pl. page 2. https://orchidspecies.com/vol912024photo.pdf [30 Nov 2024], syn. nov. TYPE: ECUADOR. Zamora-Chinchipe: Yacuambi, ca. 1600–1800 m, without date, the wild plant collected by Ecuagenera, EG-506 (HOLOTYPE: HA).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE187467C82F7968FFB8C19DFF1813E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Cornejo, Xavier;Luteyn, James L.	Cornejo, Xavier, Luteyn, James L. (2025): A New Combination And Two Nomenclatural Updates In Ceratostema (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) From Southeastern Ecuador. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 19 (1): 35-37, DOI: 10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1390, URL: https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v19.i1.1390
