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Type: Article
Published: 2011-07-29
Page range: 9–16
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Towards a stable generic circumscription in Oxypetalinae (Apocynaceae)

Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Cidade Universitária s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
Eudicots Araujia classification Morrenia Oxypetalum Schistogyne Tweedia

Abstract

Based on phylogenetic studies and morphological evidence, we propose the synonymization of Morrenia and Schistogyne under Araujia and Oxypetalum respectively. As a result, eight new combinations are proposed in Araujia (A. brachystephana, A. hassleriana, A. herzogii, A. odorata, A. scalae, A. stuckertiana, A. stuckertiana subsp. grandiflora and A. variegata), and eight in Oxypetalum, including two new names (O. fiebrigii, O. heptalobum, O. karstenianum, O. longipedunculatum, O. pentaseta, O. pubescens, O. sylvestre and O. tucumanense). We provide new synonymies and designate lectotypes for Lagenia megapotamica, Morrenia hassleriana, M. herzogii, M. intermedia, Schistogyne boliviensis, S. longipedunculata and S. sylvestris. We also clarify the typification of Tweedia.