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Nightmare on Dendropanax Street: What is Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae)?

National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of West Indies, Saint Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago.; Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166 U.S.A.
Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín “Joaquin Antonio Uribe”, Calle 73 No. 51D-14, Medellín, Colombia.
Apiales Aralia Cuba Gilibertia Hispaniola Jamaica Puerto Rico West Indies Eudicots

Abstract

Dendropanax arboreus have been considered a high phenotypic variable species and the name applied to many different entities from Mexico and the West Indies to Brazil and Bolivia, from sea level up to 3200 m. A circumscription of D. arboreus based on the West Indies populations is proposed. This is the first step in order to delucidate how many taxa have been lumped into the synonymy of that species in the Neotropic. Lectotypes are designated for the names Gilibertia brachypoda and Sciodaphyllum samydifolium.

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How to Cite

Morales, J.F. & Idárraga-Piedrahita, A. (2022)

Nightmare on Dendropanax Street: What is Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae)?

. Phytotaxa 536 (2): 154–164. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.536.2.4