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Clusia falcata (Clusiaceae), an endangered species with exceptionally narrow leaves endemic to Chiapas, Mexico.
(Clusiaceae), a new species from Chiapas, Mexico, is described and illustrated. This new taxon is distinctive for its leaves, among the narrowest of all known species, having lanceolate to oblong laminas that are mostly 10 – 15 × 2 – 2.5 cm. The flowers have a quadrangular perianth with succulent...Luján, Manuel ; Cacho, N. Ivalú ; Pérez-Farrera, Miguel Ángel ; Hammel, Barry
Clusia falcata, Mexico, Chiapas (Mexico), New species, Tropical trees, Neotropics, and Taxonomy
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Bringing some order to chaos: two new species of Myrcia separated from M. pubipetala (Myrtaceae).
Fernandes, Thiago ; Lima, Duane F. ; Lucas, Eve ; Staggemeier, Vanessa G.
Atlantic Forest, Brazilian flora, Myrcia sect. Reticulosae, Serra do Mar, Myrcia, Riparian forests, Taxonomy, and Neotropics
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Morphometric Analysis as a Tool to Resolve a Taxonomic Complex in Myrcia sect. Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae, Myrteae).
Specimens attributed to and associated species form a complex within sect. , occurring sympatrically throughout the Caribbean and Central America and sharing a continuously variable suite of morphometric traits. To ascertain whether species within this complex should be treated as separate or conspecific taxa, seven morphometric traits and a further...Burton, George P. ; Campbell, Keron C. St. E. ; Lucas, Eve J.
PCA, Myrtaceae, Caribbean flora, Myrcia, Taxonomy, and Neotropics
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Taxonomic monograph of Eugenia sect. Schizocalomyrtus (Myrtaceae: Myrteae), a group within Eugenia with unusual flowers.
Taxonomic monograph of Eugenia sect. Schizocalomyrtus, supported by molecular and morphological evidence, is presented. The flowers of this section have unusual fused calyces that are contrasted with standard Eugenia flowers with free calyx lobes. Because the fused calyx recurs in Myrtaceae and has been historically misleading for taxonomists, a key...Giaretta, Augusto ; Lucas, Eve ; Sano, Paulo Takeo
Homoplasy, Myrtaceae, Eugenia, Calycorectes, Systematics, Taxonomy, Eudicots, and Neotropics
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A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae—Papilionoideae).
The genus Mucuna comprises approximately 105 tropical and sub-tropical species, with the highest diversity occurring in the Paleotropics. In the Neotropics, 13 new species have been described recently and a number of regional floras have been published. A recent floristic treatment for Colombia has summarized the Mucuna species found in...Mucuna, Eudicots, Systematics, Neotropics, Fabaceae, and Taxonomy
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New combination and typifications of names of Caribbean species of Myrcia sect. Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae).
A new combination is presented in Myrcia, and the names Calyptranthes rigida Swartz and Calyptranthes fawcettii Krug & Urban are typified.Alvarenga Braga, João Marcelo ; Fernandes, Thiago ; Campbell, Keron C. St. E. ; Prado, Jefferson ; Lucas, Eve J.
Eudicots, Taxonomy, Lectotypification, Neotropics, Nomenclature, and Calyptranthes
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An updated checklist of Araceae, Leguminosae and Myrtaceae of the department of Boyacá, Colombia, including keys to genera and new occurrence records.
Baseline checklists for the Leguminosae (Fabaceae), Araceae and Myrtaceae from the Colombian department of Boyacá are available from the Catalogue of Plants and Lichens of Colombia. These lists were supplemented by thorough herbarium and literature searches by a collaborative group of local and international experts, and further enhanced by local...