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Issue: Vol. 327 No. 3: 10 November 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.3.11
Page range: 299–300
Abstract views: 30
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Augustea moreirana comb. nov. (Caryophyllaceae), an endemic species from Chile

Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Section Environment and Landscape, Department PDTA, University of Rome Sapienza, 00196 Rome, Italy
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Botany Section, National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Herbarium Vadense. Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands. Instituto Científico Michael Owen Dillon, Av. Jorge Chávez 610, Cercado, Arequipa, Perú. Instituto de Ciencia y Gestión Ambiental de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. Calle San Agustín 108, Arequipa-Perú.
Augustea moreirana Caryophyllaceae Eudicots Chile

Abstract

Iamonico (2015a) recently described the new genus Augustea to accomodate three South American species previously included in the genus Polycarpon Linnaeus (1759: 859, 881), i.e. A. suffruticosa (Grisebach 1874: 77‒78) Iamonico (2015a: 72), A. coquimbense (Gereau & Marticorena 1995: 154) Iamonico (2015a: 75), and A. anomala (Hassler 1907: 12‒13) Iamonico (2015a: 76). In fact, these species are clearly separated from the molecular point of view (see Kool et al. 2007) and they display non-involte capsules. On the contrary, the dehiscence of capsule by valves that elastically roll inwards is unique in Polycarpon representing a synapomorphy for this genus.