A new species of Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae) from an historically documented location in Ecuador Author Fierro-Minda, Alisson 0000-0001-7169-2989 Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17 - 01 - 2184, Quito, Ecuador & Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 144 - 116, Aarhus, Denmark ali.fierro.m@gmail.com Author Tribble, Carrie M. 0000-0001-7263-7885 University of Washington, Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington, USA tribblec@uw.edu Author Guerrero-Molina, Tomás 0009-0004-2416-2431 Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17 - 01 - 2184, Quito, Ecuador tomas.igm02@gmail.com Author Tobar, Francisco 0000-0002-8172-673X Área de Investigación y Monitoreo de Avifauna, Aves y Conservación-BirdLife en Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador & Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Pasaje Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, 170135, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador pacotobar76@hotmail.com Author Pérez, Álvaro J. 0000-0002-0644-9111 Herbario QCA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Ambientales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17 - 01 - 2184, Quito, Ecuador ajperezc@puce.edu.ec text Phytotaxa 2025 2025-06-13 705 2 227 234 https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.10 journal article 311802 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.10 19b692c0-9f1c-458f-bec5-bbd631e2b09e 1179-3163 16718378

TABLE 1. Comparison of morphological characters and general geographic distribution of Bomarea globosa, B. campanularia and B. spissiflora.

	B. globosa	B. campanularia	B. spissiflora
Leaf shape	Falcate	Lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptical	Lanceolate to ovate
Leaf base	Asymmetrical, attenuate	Symmetrical, attenuate to round	Symmetrical, round
Leaf pubescence	None	Sparsely white-hirsute on nerves beneath	None
Leaf wide (cm)	1.5–2.2	2.5–4.5	3.5–6
Petiole size (cm)	1.0–1.4	0.5–0.8	0.4–1.3
Perianth pubescence	None	Sparse, white-brown	Dense, red
Sepal-petal ratio	Sepal shorter than petals	Sepals longer than petals	Sepals equal to petals or slightly shorter
Sepal horn	Vestigial	Ecornute	Vestigial to distinct but short
Sepal color	Red externally and yellow internally	Pink to orange	Red with dark spots outside distally
Petal external pattern	Red midvein	None	Sometimes few spots near apex
Distribution	Northern Ecuador (Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Pichincha)	Southern Ecuador (El Oro, Loja) and Northern Peru (Huancabamba)	Southern Ecuador (Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe)