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Five new species of Gesneriaceae are described from the Guianas:Nautilocalyx coccineus, Paradrymonia anisophylla, andParadrymonia barbata in the tribe Episcieae, from Guyana;Napeanthus angustifolius from French Guiana andNapeanthus rupicola from Guyana in the tribe Napeantheae.
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Feuillet, C., Skog, L.E. Novae Gesneriaceae Neotropicarum XII. New species of Gesneriaceae from the Guianas. Brittonia 54, 352–361 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2003)54[352:NGNXNS]2.0.CO;2
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