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Issue: Vol. 267 No. 4: 13 July 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.267.4.7
Page range: 296–300
Abstract views: 18
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Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in Brazilian Crotalaria L. (Leguminosae)

Instituto de Amparo à Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação de Roraima, Herbário do Museu Integrado de Roraima, Av. Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes s.n., Parque Anauá, 69305-010 Boa Vista, RR, Brazil
University of Munich (LMU), Systematic Botany and Mycology, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
Universidade Federal de Roraima. Centro de Estudos da Biodiversidade, Herbário UFRR, Av. Cap. Ene Garcez 2413 69310-000. Boa Vista, RR, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, 13083-862. Campinas, SP, Brazil
Crotalarieae Fabaceae Neotropics Papilionoideae synonym taxonomy typification Eudicots

Abstract

As part of a revision of the species of Crotalaria L. (Papilionoideae, Crotalarieae) occurring in Brazil, eleven lectotypifications are proposed for: Crotalaria acutiflora Benth., Crotalaria depauperata Mart. ex Benth., Crotalaria holosericea Nees & Mart., Crotalaria holosericea var. grisea Benth., Crotalaria laeta Mart. ex Benth., Crotalaria leptophylla Benth., Crotalaria rufipila Benth., Crotalaria unifoliolata Benth., Crotalaria vitellina Ker-Gawl., Crotalaria vitellina var. glabrata Benth., and Crotalaria vitellina var. minor Benth. Four new synonyms are also proposed.