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Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-15
Page range: 192–200
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Notes on Gunnera (Gunneraceae) in Brazil and Uruguay

Department of Botany, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Gunnera herteri Gunnera manicata identification key Eudicots

Abstract

Nomenclatural notes on the species of Gunnera that occur in Brazil and Uruguay are presented. More specifically, I designate a lectotype for the name G. herteri, the only species in Gunnera subg. Ostenigunnera, selected from among the collections of MVM, where Cornelius Osten’s personal herbarium is conserved. I also designate a lectotype for the name G. brasiliensis, a legitimate heterotypic synonym of G. manicata, which has been considered by some authors as an illegitimate, superfluous name. Furthermore, I provide an identification key to Gunnera in Brazil and Uruguay.