Cupania moralesii (Sapindaceae), a new endemic tree species from the premontane forest of Costa Rica

Abstract

Cupania moralesii (Sapindaceae), a new endemic tree species from Costa Rica, is described and illustrated. The similarities and differences between this species and C. livida are discussed.

Two new remarkable Dendropanax (Araliaceae) from Costa Rica

“…In the last decades, forests in this region, between 1000-1700 m a.s.l., have been strongly impacted and slowly destroyed by coffee plantations and paddocks for cattle (Cedeño et al, 2020;Jiménez & Jairo-Hidalgo, 2021). Los Santos and surrounding areas (Valle del Candelaria) are a diversity hotspot, with many narrowly endemic species described in the last two decades (e.g., Morales, 1997Morales, , 1999Morales, , 2003Morales, , 2006Morales, , 2007Morales, , 2008Morales, , 2018aMorales, , 2018bBerrie, 2004;Estrada & Cascante, 2004;Gonzales & Morales, 2004;Rodríguez, 2004;Rodríguez & Morales, 2004;Hammel & Zamora, 2005;Hammel, 2006;Estrada & Santamaria, 2010;Kennedy & Hammel, 2011;Jiménez et al, 2016;Morales & Stevens, 2020;Cedeno et al, 2021;Jiménez & Mora-Hidalgo, 2021;Juárez & Morales, 2021). The Candelaria valley is highly deforested, with only a few remnants of disturbed forest remaining, but in some areas, a slow recolonization process has begun, mostly in abandoned pastures.…”

Columnea blancoi (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from the Central Pacific Region of Costa Rica

“…1). Despite this, new endemic plant species have recently been found and described in this region, which is now threatened by the expansion of coffee plantations (Estrada and Santamaría, 2010; Jiménez et al, 2016; Morales, 2018a; 2018b; Cedeño et al, 2020; Jiménez and Hidalgo-Mora, 2021; Juárez and Morales, 2021).…”