Lonchocarpus verticillatus (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae): A new species from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Colombia Author Ariza-Cortés, William 0000-0002-8423-8256 Herbario Forestal (UDBC), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5 Este No. 15 - 82, Bogotá, Colombia & wgarizac @ udistrital. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8423 - 8256 wgarizac@udistrital.edu.co Author Jiménez, Cristiam Camilo Rivera 0009-0005-8940-3141 Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad del Tolima, Calle 42 # 1 B- 1 Barrio Santa Helena Parte alta, Ibagué, Colombia & ccriveraj @ ut. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0005 - 8940 - 3141 ccriveraj@ut.edu.co Author Correa, Diego Alejandro Zapata- 0000-0001-7875-6746 Herbario Forestal (UDBC), Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5 Este No. 15 - 82, Bogotá, Colombia & dazapatac @ udistrital. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7875 - 6746 dazapatac@udistrital.edu.co text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-10-25 622 2 146 154 https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.622.2.4/51248 journal article 278331 10.11646/phytotaxa.622.2.4 2a2c4b1c-13a2-4991-99b0-42324c76881c 1179-3163 10145252

TABLE 1. Distinctive morphological characters between Lonchocarpus verticillatus and L. berriozabalensis.

Character	L. verticillatus	L. berriozabalensis
Leaves arrangement	Verticillate to alternate, spiraled	Alternate to subopposite, distichous
Number of leaflets	13–15 (–17)	11–13
Inflorescence Type	Pseudoracemes laxiflorous	Pseudoracemes densiflorous
Inflorescence length (cm)	Up to 31	Up to 18
Pedicel length (mm)	2.5–4	4–11
Style indumentum	Strigose	Glabrous
Distribution	Antioquia, Cauca River Canyon (Northwestern Colombia)	State of Chiapas (southern Mexico)