Three New Species of Lysipomia (Lobeliaceae) endemic to the Paramos of Southern Ecuador

Three species of Lysipomia, L. caespitosa, L. cylindrocarpa, and L. speciosa, from a tropicla alpine ecosystem called páramo, are described, illustrated, and compared to related species. Notes on morphology, especially floral presentation, and general ecology are given where possible. A published key to the species in Ecuador is reviesed to include the three new species pus L. multiflora McVaugh, a species previously known only from northern Peru.