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Two new species ofCyathea are described,C. obnoxia andC. plicata, from the vicinity of Podocarpus National Park in the Provinces Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador.
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Lehnert, M. Two new tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) from southern Ecuador. Brittonia 58, 4–9 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[4:TNTFCF]2.0.CO;2
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