Ancistrothyrsus scopae (Passifloraceae), a new species from Amazonian Brazil and Guyana, with keys to the genus and species

CHRISTIAN FEUILLET

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.438.3.5

Issue: Vol. 438 No. 3: 7 April 2020

Type: Article

Published: 2020-04-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.438.3.5

Page range: 207–212

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Ancistrothyrsus scopae (Passifloraceae), a new species from Amazonian Brazil and Guyana, with keys to the genus and species

CHRISTIAN FEUILLET⁺⁻

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, 2082 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331-2902, USA. Research associate, Department of Botany, MRC-166, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA.

Amazonian forest Ancistrothyrsus Passifloreae trichomes Eudicots

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Abstract

A third species is described in Ancistrothyrsus (Passifloraceae) from Amazonas (Brazil) and Guyana. The new species, A. scopae, is characterized by young stem trichomes of two kinds, the longer ones being up to 5 mm long and branched like bottlebrushes. The two previously described species do not have bottlebrush trichomes. A key to the South American genera of tribe Passifloraceae s. str. and a key to the species of Ancistrothyrsus are presented.