Summary
The new species Tetrathylacium vraem (Salicaceae) is described. It inhabits terra firme forests that are threatened in the southern Amazon region of Peru. A description, illustrations, a distribution map, taxonomic key to the genus Tetrathylacium and taxonomic comparisons with similar species (T. longirachis, T. macrophyllum and T. nutans) are provided.
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Se describe la nueva especie Tetrathylacium vraem (Salicaceae). Habita en los bosques Amazónicos amenazados de "tierra firme" en la región sur del Perú. Se proporcionan descripciones, ilustraciones, mapa de distribución, clave taxonómica del género Tetrathylacium y comentarios taxonómicos con las especies similares: T. longirachis, T. macrophyllum y T. nutans.
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Acknowledgements
We thank the curators and researchers associated with Peruvian herbaria, who provided us with the access to the collections to review and determine Tetrathylacium collections in Peru, including Asunción Cano and Bety Millán (USM), Carlos Reynel (MOL), Fructuosa de la Torre (CUZ), Juan Ruiz (AMAZ), Hugo Dueñas and Zufer Baez (HAG), Rodolfo Vásquez and Rocío Rojas (HOXA). We also thank Daniel Santamaria and Euridice Honorio for their comments and suggestions during the development of the manuscript. We thank Nidia Sánchez for the beautiful line drawing of the new species. We thank the residents of the town of Marontoari, for their logistical support in the explorations of the VRAEM forests. We thank the officials of the Management of Agrarian and Economic Development of the Municipality of Pichari in the VRAEM for their support in the development of the project “Improving Capacities for Territorial Planning and the Better Use of Pichari Soils - The Convention - Cusco”. This project included the study of the vegetation in the Pichari district within the framework of the Ecological and Economic Zoning process and made this discovery possible.
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Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I., Luza-Vitorio, M., Sánchez Condori, M.V. et al. Tetrathylacium vraem (Salicaceae), a new remarkable tree from the highly threatened forest in the southern Peruvian Amazon. Kew Bull 77, 497–503 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10026-3
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