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Issue: Vol. 400 No. 5: 9 April 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.400.5.6
Page range: 298–300
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

New synonyms and typifications in Psidium species (Myrtaceae) described by João Rodrigues Mattos and the importance of maintaining scientific collections

Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, 22460-030, Horto Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29500-000 UFES, Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, 22460-030, Horto Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Psidium Myrtaceae Eudicots

Abstract

With approximately 100 species, Psidium Linnaeus (1753: 470) is one of the largest genera of the family Myrtaceae. The genus has a Neotropical distribution (Landrum & Kawasaki 1997, WCSP 2018), with Brazil being regarded as its center of diversity and endemism in eastern South America with 60 documented species (Flora do Brasil 2020 under construction, 2018).