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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-09-30
Page range: 69–71
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Lectotypification of Cypselea meziana (Aizoaceae, Sesuvioideae)

Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, RN N° 151 km 12.5, Casilla de Correo 85, Código Postal 8303, Cinco Saltos, Río Negro, Argentina.
Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, RN N° 151 km 12.5, Casilla de Correo 85, Código Postal 8303, Cinco Saltos, Río Negro, Argentina.
Aizoaceae Cypselea Lectotypification Sesuvioideae Sesuvium Eudicots

Abstract

The name Cypselea meziana was originally published by Müller (1908: 72) and recently transferred to the genus Sesuvium Linnaeus (1759: 1058) as S. mezianum (Müller 1908: 72) Bohley & G. Kadereit in Bohley et al. (2017: 138). This is an endemic Paraguayan species, represented by creeping perennial herbs, rooted at the nodes, that grows in salty soils (Bohley et al. 2017). Morphologically, S. mezianum displays a unique feature in comparison with the other perennial Sesuvium species, i.e. 3 stamens (vs. 5 or more).