Tovomita nebulosa (Clusiaceae), a new species from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela

Abstract

ABSTRACT Although the number of recently described Tovomita species is relatively high, much more remains to be done, given that each new survey of representative Amazonian collections reveals many potentially undescribed taxa. In the treatment for Tovomita published in Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, at least six distinct morphotypes did not match any previously described species. Here we recognize morphotype “D” as a new endemic species from Cerro de la Neblina. Additionally, we provide an identification key to the Tovomita species in Venezuela.

Keywords

• Amazon Forest
• clusioid clade
• Malpighiales
• Pico da Neblina
• South America