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Two new species of the Colombian endemic genus Allomaieta (Melastomataceae: Cyphostyleae)

  • 1. Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA) and Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 Nº 53-108, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
  • 2. Fundación Conservación de la Selva Colombiana. Cra 24 # 46-72, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia & Grupo de Investigación Biodiversidad y Recursos Fitogenéticos and Herbario Universidad de Caldas (FAUC), Edificio Bicentenario, Calle 65 No. 26-10, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

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Murillo-Serna, Jhon S., Sierra-Giraldo, Julio Andres, Orozco-A, Jairo Andrés, Posada-Herrera, Juan Mauricio (2025): Two new species of the Colombian endemic genus Allomaieta (Melastomataceae: Cyphostyleae). Phytotaxa 730 (2): 177-188, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.730.2.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.730.2.5

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