A revision of the neotropical Mucuna species (Leguminosae—Papilionoideae).
Resource type
Journal article
Date published
February 5, 2018
Abstract
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 the Neotropics, but since then many new species and new geographical records have been published. A complete taxonomic treatment of all neotropical species and an identification key to all neotropical taxa is currently lacking. The aim of this study is to present a complete taxonomic account of the species of Mucuna occurring in the Neotropics. Descriptions of 25 taxa (24 species and one variety) are included in the treatment, including type specimen details, synonymy, illustrations, distribution maps, and preliminary conservation assessments for each species, together with a species identification key.
Creator (organisation)
MOURA, TNIA M. DE
LEWIS, GWILYM P.
MANSANO, VIDAL F.
TOZZI, ANA M. G. A.
Project(s)
REFLORA Programme
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brazil | Post-doctoral scholarship (process 245590/2012-9) - REFLORA Project (process number 563550/2010-4) |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil | Process 2012/04635-8 |
Fundo de Apoio ao Ensino, à Pesquisa e Extensão, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil | Process 43211 - Process 146612 |
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | E-26/110.331/ 2012 |
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Brazil | PhD Scholarship |
Missouri Botanical Garden, United States | Shirley A. Graham Fellowship |
New York Botanical Garden, United States | Rupert Barneby Award |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil | Biologia Vegetal post graduate |
International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Slovakia | |
Fundação Flora de apoio a botânica | |
Journal title
Phytotaxa
Volume
337
Issue
1
Publisher
Magnolia Press
Place of publication
Auckland, N.Z.
ISSN
1179-3155
eISSN
1179-3163
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