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Issue: Vol. 618 No. 2: 3 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.618.2.9
Page range: 195-201
Abstract views: 156
PDF downloaded: 102

A new species of Psidium (Myrtaceae) from Cuba

Natural History Collections; Arizona State University; Tempe; Arizona; 85287-4108; U.S.A.
Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales ECOVIDA; Agencia de Medio Ambiente CITMA; Luis Lazo; Km 2 ½ Carretera a; Pinar del Río; Cuba
Eudicots Baracoa charrascal endemic Pimentinae taxonomy

Abstract

A new species, Psidium urquiolanum, from eastern Cuba is described, illustrated, and its distribution is mapped. It has previously been incorrectly identified as P. calycolpoides, a species now assigned to Mosiera. The differences between Psidium and Mosiera are discussed.

 

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