Seven new species of Dacryodes from western Colombia. Studies in neotropical Burseraceae XXI

Seven new species of Dacryodes (D. amplectans, D. connata, D. epimedia, D. frangens, D. hydrifolia, D. maguipensis, and D. tumacensis) are described and illustrated, bringing the total number of species occurring in Colombia to 28 (nine of them still undescribed). Eleven of these are restricted to the Choc flora sensu lato, making that a center of diversity for the genus. One of the new taxa, D. connata, has a partially sympetalous corolla; this is unique in the genus and suggestive of Trattinnickia, but sympetalous and apopetalous congeners occur elsewhere in the family. Recent molecular work suggests that neotropical Dacryodes are monophyletic but the genus is paraphyletic; far more robust sampling is needed for resolution of generic limits and circumscriptions as well as for understanding patterns of distribution and ecology.