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Taxonomic novelties of Piper (Piperaceae) from the Amazonian slopes of the Northern Andes

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Three new species of Piper from the Amazon slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Piper pseudopeculiare, P. resinaense, and P. tarquiense are described and illustrated, and morphological comparisons with similar species are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Marcela Morales and Isabella Garzón for illustrating the species, and two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments on previous versions of this manuscript. Collections were made as part of the Colciencias-Universidad de la Amazonia Agreement 729-2013.

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  1. Grupo de investigaciones territoriales para el uso y conservación de la biodiversidad, Fundación Reserva Natural La Palmita, Centro de Investigación, Carrera 4 No 58 – 59, Bogotá, Colombia

    William Trujillo

  2. Grupo DIVERSITAS, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, km 2 Via Cajicá–Zipaquirá, Cajicá, Colombia

    M. Alejandra Jaramillo

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Trujillo, W., Jaramillo, M.A. Taxonomic novelties of Piper (Piperaceae) from the Amazonian slopes of the Northern Andes. Brittonia 73, 67–76 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-020-09638-5

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