Peer Review #2 of "A new species of Escallonia (Escalloniaceae) from the inter-Andean tropical dry forests of Bolivia (v0.1)"
Abstract:Over the last two decades, renewed fieldwork in poorly explored areas of the tropical Andes has dramatically increased the comparative material available to study patterns of inter-and intraspecific variation in tropical plants. In the course of a comprehensive study of the genus Escallonia, we found a group of specimens with decumbent branching, small narrowly elliptic leaves, inflorescences with up to three flowers, and flowers with red petals. This unique combination of traits was not present in any known s… Show more
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