taxonID	type	description	language	source
CB4C39ADD7485373AAC1513FDA856B0D.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Peru. Cajamarca: Cajamarca: Encanada: Chanta baja, on sandy clay loam soils amongst shrub species and tussock grasslands, close to agricultural lands, 3295 m elev., slope of 60 % and rock cover of 35 %, 6 ° 49 ' 56 '' S, 78 ° 30 ' 20 '' W (DMS). 06 June 2009, C. Tovar 1058 (holotype CPUN- 22705!).	en	Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B., Tovar, Carolina, Iberico-Vela, Gustavo, Montoya-Quino, Juan, Sanchez-Vega, Isidoro (2020): Drymaria veliziae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from the Andes of Cajamarca (North Peru). PhytoKeys 140: 47-56, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738
CB4C39ADD7485373AAC1513FDA856B0D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Drymaria veliziae is similar to D. auriculipetala Mattf. from which it differs in having glands covering the stems and pedicels, leaves with elliptic-ovate form, shorter in size (4 - 5.5 mm vs. 5 - 15 mm in D. auriculipetala), by the leaves arranged in fascicules (vs. simple opposite leaves), stipules in numbers of 14 - 20 per axis (vs. 2 - 4 in D. auriculipetala), pedicel size (1 - 2 mm long vs. 5 - 40 mm) and by the capsule size being smaller (1.4 - 1.6 mm vs. 3 - 4 mm).	en	Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B., Tovar, Carolina, Iberico-Vela, Gustavo, Montoya-Quino, Juan, Sanchez-Vega, Isidoro (2020): Drymaria veliziae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from the Andes of Cajamarca (North Peru). PhytoKeys 140: 47-56, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738
CB4C39ADD7485373AAC1513FDA856B0D.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herb, the taproot woody, stems originating from the root brow spreading or ascending, rarely decumbent, of 20 - 35 (- 50) cm long. Stems rigid, greenish-lilac, densely glandular, of about 0.05 - 0.3 mm long, persistent on mature stems and having scattered plicate trichomes of 1 - 3 mm long on young stems. Internodes 0.2 - 5.5 cm long. Leaves opposite, usually forming short fascicules; petioles 0.3 - 0.9 mm long, partially glaucous, scarcely covered with glands in the margins; blades elliptic to ovate, 4 - 5.5 mm long x 1.2 - 2 mm width, coriaceous, the bases cuneate, decurrent to the petiole, the apex aristate, 1 - 1.5 mm long, narrowly bearing short glands along the margin, midrib nearly inconspicuous; leaf margins lustrous, revolute and glabrous except at the base; stipules aciculate to linear-lanceolate, aristate, 1.5 - 3 mm long x 0.1 - 0.4 wide, shorter or equalling the length of the leaves, with glabrous margins and usually verticillate, in numbers of 14 - 20 per axis, persistent, white translucid to brownish with age, rarely bifid or trifid; bracts opposite, 2.5 - 3 mm long x 2 mm width, involute, cupuliform, irregularly ovate, margins covered with scattered glands, surface white coloured with lilac blotches. Flowers except the first formed, axilar and solitary at the end of the branches, base protected by the bracts (in pairs 1 or 2). Pedicels 1 - 2 mm long, densely glandular and covered with carinate plicate trichomes, rarely aereal, of about 0.2 - 0.4 mm. Calyx cylindrical-campanulate; sepals 5, equal, 5 - 6 mm long x 2 - 2.2 mm width, glabrous, elliptic-ovate, apex apiculate and aristate, basally truncate, 3 - 5 nerved; petals 5, 5 - 7 mm long x 1.8 - 2.2 mm width, bifid about half their length, elliptic, apex rounded, 1 - 1.2 mm width, 8 - 10 nerved, constricted at the junction of the lobes; stamens 5, 2 - 2.2 mm long, anthers oblong, 0.2 - 0.3 mm long; ovary roundish, 1 - 1.4 mm long, slightly exceeded by the anthers; style 1 - 1.2 mm long, trifid about half its length, stigmatic branches twisted or coiled. Capsule ovoid, 1.4 - 1.6 mm long, 5 - 8 seeded. Seeds roundish, reniform, 0.6 - 0.9 mm long x 0.6 - 0.8 mm wide, granulate, ventral surface with roundish-acute tubercles, black to dark brown in colour.	en	Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B., Tovar, Carolina, Iberico-Vela, Gustavo, Montoya-Quino, Juan, Sanchez-Vega, Isidoro (2020): Drymaria veliziae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from the Andes of Cajamarca (North Peru). PhytoKeys 140: 47-56, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738
CB4C39ADD7485373AAC1513FDA856B0D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet " veliziae " honours Claudia Veliz Rosas (1978 - 2019), a passionate biologist who devoted her research efforts to the study Peruvian biodiversity. Her deep love of nature, people and travelling inspired her to work throughout Peru, studying freshwater, marine and mountain ecosystems. Her research contributed to the establishment of protected areas and the development of management plans. Claudia dedicated many years to study taricaya turtles in the Amazon, helping local human communities to improve taricayas' management and conservation. She was an excellent and supportive friend, a talented amateur painter and dancer and a keen cyclist. Paratype: Peru: Cajamarca: Hualgayoc: Hualgayoc, less than 1 km from the Goldfield mine, surrounded by agricultural fields downslope, found on sandy clay loam soils, 3715 m elev., 6 ° 46 ' 43 '' S (DMS) and 78 ° 37 ' 5 '' W (DMS), 100 % slope and 5 % rock cover. 01 June 2009, C. Tovar 909 (CPUN- 22858!). Ecology and distribution: Drymaria veliziae grows on steep mountain cliffs (slope 60 - 100 %) on sandy clay loam soils at an elevation of 3295 - 3715 m on the eastern slopes of the Jalca, on the headwaters of the Llaucano River, tributary of the Maranon River. Climatic characteristics for the localities of the type and paratype, extracted from the CHELSA climatology (Karger et al. 2017), show mean annual temperatures in these areas are 8.5 - 11.5 ° C, with minimum temperatures estimated between 1.8 and 5 ° C. Total annual precipitation ranges from 900 to 1200 mm with driest months receiving 16 - 28 mm. Other species found in the two localities were Hieracium peruanum Fr. (Asteraceae), Hypochaeris taraxacoides (Meyen & Walp.) Ball (Asteraceae) and Calamagrostis spp. (Poaceae). In the type locality of Drymaria veliziae (Fig. 4), it has been observed that it grows associated with shrubs (e. g. Coreopsis senaria S. F. Blake & Sherff (Asteraceae), Achyrocline celosioides (Kunth) DC. (Asteraceae), Ageratina cutervensis (Hieron.) R. M. King & H. Rob. (Asteraceae )), tussock grasses (Calamagrostis and Festuca spp. (Poaceae )) and an orchid (e. g. Masdevallia spp.), amongst others. The locality of the paratype, being at higher altitude, had less species richness and associated species with D. velizzii were Geranium peruvianum Hieron. (Geraniaceae), Calceolaria concava Molau (Calceolariaceae), Chrysactinium acaule (Kunth) Wedd. (Asteraceae), Euphorbia huanchahana (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss. (Euphorbiaceae), amongst others.	en	Montesinos-Tubee, Daniel B., Tovar, Carolina, Iberico-Vela, Gustavo, Montoya-Quino, Juan, Sanchez-Vega, Isidoro (2020): Drymaria veliziae (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from the Andes of Cajamarca (North Peru). PhytoKeys 140: 47-56, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.140.47738
