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Issue: Vol. 399 No. 4: 29 March 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.399.4.1
Page range: 261–270
Abstract views: 119
PDF downloaded: 1

Hidden in plain sight: the identity of the white-leaved snakewood species from southeastern Brazil, Cecropia candida Snethl. and Cecropia hololeuca Miq. (Urticaceae)

Programa de pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, JBRJ, Rua Pacheco Leão 2040 Solar da Imperatriz, 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia, Rua Marques de São Vicente 225, Ed. Pe. Leonel Franca, 7o. andar, Gávea, 22453-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Programa de pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, JBRJ, Rua Pacheco Leão 2040 Solar da Imperatriz, 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Atlantic rainforest taxonomy lectotypes species complex Eudicots

Abstract

The identity of Cecropia candida, a misidentified snakewood species from Brazil, are also discussed. Its relationships to Cecropia hololeuca, another white-leaved species from Brazil, are also discuted.

How to Cite

Da Silva, M.F.O., Dos Santos Maia, V.H. & de Freitas Mansano, V. (2019)

Hidden in plain sight: the identity of the white-leaved snakewood species from southeastern Brazil, Cecropia candida Snethl. and Cecropia hololeuca Miq. (Urticaceae)

. Phytotaxa 399 (4): 261–270. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.399.4.1