Exploratory research in Colombia’s Cordillera Oriental reveals a new Glossoloma (Gesneriaceae) with fimbriate calyx margins

Carlos A. Solano-C ^{1, 2}

Daniel Ruiz Molina ^{1, 2}

John L Clark ³

Herbario Forestal (UDBC), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia |

Semillero de investigación en Diversidad Forestal (DIFI), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia |

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2025-01-17

Springer Nature

Journal: Brittonia

scimago Q2

SJR: 0.379

CiteScore: 1.6

Impact factor: 0.6

ISSN: 0007196X, 1938436X

DOI: 10.1007/s12228-024-09821-y

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Abstract

A new species of Glossoloma is described from the premontane forests of the Cordillera Oriental in the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia. Glossoloma parvulina Solano-C, D. Ruiz-Mol. & J.L. Clark is differentiated from other congeners by the presence of minute fimbriate calyx margins. The new species is compared with all other currently known species of Glossoloma with fimbriate calyx margins, most of which also share an unbranched subshrub habit. Based on IUCN guidelines, a preliminary conservation status is assigned as Endangered (EN).