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Issue: Vol. 406 No. 3: 18 June 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.406.3.1
Page range: 143–156
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 2

New combinations and new names in Myrcia for West Indian species previously included in Calyptranthes (Myrtaceae)

Botany Department, Natural History Museum of Jamaica, 10-16 East St, Kingston, Jamaica.
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A.
Jardín Botánico de Pinar del Río, Camino Guamá km 1½, Pinar del Río, CP: 20100
Botany Department, Natural History Museum of Jamaica, 10-16 East St, Kingston, Jamaica.
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, CEP 58051-900,Brazil.
Departamento de Botaìnica, Jardín Botánico Nacional, Santo Domingo, Repuìblica Dominicana
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom
Antilles Cuba Hispaniola Jamaica nomenclature Puerto Rico taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

132 currently accepted names for West Indian region and continental American Calyptranthes species are here transferred to Myrcia. Geographic distributions are also documented for each species.