Shuaria

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Shuaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Shuaria
D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark
Species:
S. ecuadorica
Binomial name
Shuaria ecuadorica
D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark

Shuaria is a genus of arborescent flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is represented by just one species, Shuaria ecuadorica D.A.Neill & J.L.Clark, endemic to Ecuador.[1] The generic name refers to the Shuar indigenous group of Amazonian Ecuador where several collections were made from the forests owned by the Shuar communities.[2] Furthermore, the known range of S.ecuadorica corresponds quite closely to the ancestral Shuar territory in Pastaza, Morona-Santiago, and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces.[2]

Description

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The genus Shuaria and it species Shuaria ecuadorica were described and named by David Alan Neill and John Littner Clark in 2010.[1][3] It is a multistemmed shrub or small tree, growing to 5 m, occasionally to 8 m tall.[2] It is unusual in its phyllotaxis, in which opposite and alternate leaves can occur on the same twig, typically alternate leaves at the base of a season's growth and opposite leaves at the tip.[4][5] The leaves are lanceolate, 9.5–19 cm long and 1.5–5.0 cm wide, with a 5–15 mm petiole, and a finely toothed margin.[2] The small white flowers are arranged in cymes.[2]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b POWO 2025a.
  2. ^ a b c d e Clark et al. 2010, p. 671.
  3. ^ POWO 2025b.
  4. ^ Clark et al. 2010, p. 668.
  5. ^ Bryant 2012.

Sources

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Journals
  • Clark, John L.; Neill, David A.; Weber, Anton; Gruhn, Jennifer A.; Katan, Tuntiak (1 September 2010). "Shuaria (Gesneriaceae), an Arborescent New Genus from the Cordillera del Cóndor and Amazonian Ecuador" (PDF). Systematic Botany. 35 (3): 662–674. doi:10.1600/036364410792495917. ISSN 0363-6445. JSTOR 40802557.
Web sources