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Issue: Vol. 348 No. 1: 24 April 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.348.1.3
Page range: 23–31
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

Reinstatement of Sapium sceleratum (Euphorbiaceae), an endemic species from Northeast Brazil, and new circumscription of Sapium argutum

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171–900, Recife, PE, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 56900–000, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171–900, Recife, PE, Brazil
Botanische Staatssammlung München, Menzinger Str. 67, D-80638 München, Germany
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171–900, Recife, PE, Brazil
Euphorbioideae Hippomaneae Morphology Synonymization Taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

This paper includes the reinstatement of Sapium sceleratum with one new synonym (Sapium cicatricosum). In addition, a new circumscription is presented for Sapium argutum and the second-step lectotypification of the name Excoecaria arguta, as well as an identification key for the species of Sapium from North-east Brazil, illustrations and comments on geographic distribution and habitat of S. argutum and S. sceleratum.