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Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-01
Page range: 118–132
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Revision of Neobertiera (Rubiaceae, Sipaneeae) with observations on distyly, and three new species from the Guianas

Herbier de Guyane, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP, Boite Postale 165, 97323 Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana, France.
Guayana Shield French Guiana Guyana Surinam South America Dendrosipanea Sipanea Sipaneopsis critically endangered species taxonomy Eudicots Guianas

Abstract

The ongoing treatments for the Flora of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana) and the monographic study of the tribe Sipaneeae prompted a revision of Neobertiera, discovering the distylous condition of this genus, and three undescribed species, one probably restricted to Guyana, and two probably restricted to French Guiana. Because of these novel observations and the different kinds of inflorescence of the newly described species, a generic description, with yet another amendment, a key to the species, illustrations, and material examined are presented.