Additions to the flora of Panama, with comments on plant collections and information gaps

• Main Authors: Orlando O. Ortiz, Rodolfo Flores, Gordon McPherson, Juan F. Carrión, Ernesto Campos-Pineda, Riccardo M. Baldini
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-08-01
• Series: Check List
• Subjects: Central America; floristics; new records; taxonomy
• Online Access: https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/32745/download/pdf/

In the present study, we report 46 new records of vascular plants species from Panama. The species belong to the following families: Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Araceae, Bignoniaceae, Burseraceae, Caryocaraceae, Celastraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Gentianaceae, Lacistemataceae, Lauraceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marattiaceae, Melastomataceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Ochnaceae, Orchidaceae, Passifloraceae, Peraceae, Poaceae, Portulacaceae, Ranunculaceae, Salicaceae, Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Solanaceae, and Violaceae. Additionally, the status of plant collections in Panama is discussed; we focused on the areas where we identified significant information gaps regarding real assessments of plant biodiversity in the country.