Shuaria

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Shuaria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Shuaria
D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark
Species:
S. ecuadorica
Binomial name
Shuaria ecuadorica
D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark

Shuaria is a genus of arborescent flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is represented by just one species, Shuaria ecuadorica D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark, endemic to Ecuador. [1] The generic name refers to the Shuar indigenous group of Amazonian Ecuador where several collections were made from the forests owned by the Shuar communities. [2] Furthermore, the known range of S.ecuadorica corresponds quite closely to the ancestral Shuar territory in Pastaza, Morona-Santiago, and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces. [2]

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Description

The genus Shuaria and it species Shuaria ecuadorica were described and named by David Alan Neill and John Littner Clark in 2010. [1] [3] It is a multistemmed shrub or small tree, growing to 5 m, occasionally to 8 m tall. [2] It is unusual in its phyllotaxis, in which opposite and alternate leaves can occur on the same twig, typically alternate leaves at the base of a season's growth and opposite leaves at the tip. [4] [5] The leaves are lanceolate, 9.5–19 cm long and 1.5–5.0 cm wide, with a 5–15 mm petiole, and a finely toothed margin. [2] The small white flowers are arranged in cymes. [2]

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Journals
  • Clark, John L.; Neill, David A.; Weber, Anton; Gruhn, Jennifer A.; Katan, Tuntiak (1 September 2010). "Shuaria (Gesneriaceae), an Arborescent New Genus from the Cordillera del Cóndor and Amazonian Ecuador" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 35 (3): 662–674. doi:10.1600/036364410792495917. ISSN   0363-6445. JSTOR   40802557.
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