New blueberry species found in the Colombian forests
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 18:10
in Biology & Nature
This is the gorgeous new Psammisia sophiae from Colombia. The description of five new species of blueberry relatives from Colombia highlights the country's great diversity of the plant family Ericaceae and the importance of field exploration. These new mortiños, as locally known, are added to the hundreds of blueberry relatives that are native to Colombia. The new additions are endemic species that exhibit morphological characters unparalleled within the genera in which they are classified. The study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.