Tetrazygia paralongicollis (Miconieae : Melastomataceae), a new species from the Sierra de Baoruco and Sierra Martin Garcia, Dominican Republic

摘要

Tetrazygia paralongicollis, a new species from the Sierra de Baoruco and Sierra Martin Garcia of the Dominican Republic, is described. This species occurs in pine forests and moist montane forests from 720-860 m, and is compared with its purported closest relatives T. longicollis and T elaeagnoides.