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Issue: Vol. 655 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.655.1.4
Page range: 54-64
Abstract views: 62
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Taxonomical update of the genus Drypetes (Malpighiales: Putranjivaceae) in Cuba

Jardín Botánico Nacional, Universidad de La Habana, Carretera El Rocío km 3½, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba. C.P. 19230
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160C, Barrio Universitario, Concepción, Región del Biobío, Chile. C.P. 4030000
Caribbean flora identification key lectotypifications new status subspecies Eudicots

Abstract

Drypetes is a pantropical genus of 220 species of dioecious trees and shrubs, where around 20 of them are found in the Americas, with a hotspot in the West Indies. In Cuba, the number of taxa and its identities have changed throughout the years and the infraspecific classification has never being taken into consideration. In this sense, the taxa delimitation and nomenclature of Drypetes in Cuba is reviewed. The infraspecific classification of D. alba is recognized, and a new status is presented: D. alba subsp. latifolia. The lectotypes for four names are designated: D. glauca, D. glomerata var. olivacea, D. mucronata and Schaefferia lateriflora. For all Cuban taxa, the diagnostic features and nomenclatural information are presented, as well as the updated geographical distribution. The presence of Drypetes glauca in Cuba is rejected. Thus, this genus in Cuba is represented with two species and one subspecies. Also, an identification key for the genus in the West Indies is given.

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