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Issue: Vol. 461 No. 3: 6 October 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.461.3.7
Page range: 204–212
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the genus Cynophalla (Capparaceae) and the description of C. amazonica, a new species from Bolivia and Brazil

Herbario GUAY, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Av. Raúl Gómez Lince s.n. y Av. Juan Tanca Marengo (campus Mapasingue), P.O. Box 09-01-10634, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Programa de Pós‑Graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460‑036, Brazil. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-030, Brazil.
Herbarium, Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, 132 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1381, U.S.A.
Amazon Rainforest Capparaceae Cynophalla neotropics Eudicots

Abstract

The genus Cynophalla (Capparaceae) is commented, and Cynophalla amazonica, a new species from Brazil and Bolivia, is described, illustrated and its morphological similarities with the closely related C. flexuosa are discussed. The conservation status of Cynophalla amazonica is assessed as Least Concern.