Heliotropium romeroi (I.M. Johnst.) J.I.M.Melo, 2022

Melo, José Iranildo Miranda De, 2022, New combinations and names in Heliotropium (Heliotropiaceae) from South America, including a new occurrence for the flora of Ecuador, Phytotaxa 568 (1), pp. 92-98 : 94

Heliotropium romeroi (I.M. Johnst.) J.I.M.Melo , comb. nov. ( Figure 1 ).

Basionym: Tournefortia romeroi I.M. Johnst., J. Arnold Arbor. 37: 294. 1956.

Type:— COLOMBIA. Depto. Nariño, En el Km 86 del ferrocarril, Fumaco, El Diviso, 27 Julio 1952, R. Romero-Castañeda 3317 (holotype: A00096473 , image!; isotypes: COL000004066 , image!; NY00337253 , image!) .

Distribution.— Colombia, Ecuador ( Figure 2 ).

Notes.— Heliotropium romeroi is recorded here for the first time in Ecuador.

Additional examined material.— ECUADOR. Esmeraldas: Quinindé Cantón, The Mache- Chindul Ecologic Reserve , Bilsa Biological Station. Mache Mountains , 35 km W of Quinindé, Premontane wet forest, 00 o 21’, 79 o 44’, 500 m, 18 November 1996, J. L . Clark, F. Gurumendí & H. Weinert 3437 ( QCNE128782 !) . COLOMBIA. Nariño: Mpio. Tumaco, La Guayacana, Alt. 20-100m, 12 July 1964, D.D. Soejarto 958 ( COL, ECON, GH, US2883488, image!) ; Mpio. Tumaco , La Guayacana, 27 June 1951, R . Romero-Castañeda 2837 ( F1417576 , image!); Mpio. Tumaco, 80 km from Tumaco along road to Pasto (Guayacana), 19 July 1984, M. J . Balick, L.E. Forero, S.R. King & N. Hernández 1667 ( MA 400047, image!; MO, 3531270!) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Exsiccate of Heliotropium romeroi incorporated into the National Herbarium of Ecuador (QCNE128782), National Biodiversity Institute (INBio), Quito, Ecuador. Photograph and figure produced by M.G.M. Gonçalves.

FIGURE 2. Currently known geographic distribution of Heliotropium romeroi. Map produced by E.M. Rodrigues.