A synopsis of the neotropical species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) |
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| Authors: | GRADY L WEBSTER FLS W SCOTT ARMBRUSTER |
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| Institution: | Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A.;Department of Biology and Wildlife and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | WEBSTER, G. L. & ARMBRUSTER, W. S., 1991. A synopsis of the neotropical species of Dalechampia ( Euphorbiaceae ). The characters used in inferring phylogenetic relationship in Dalechampia are discussed, and a consistent terminology is devised for the parts of the distinctive pseudanthial inflorescences. The infrageneric classification is radically modified, with the 92 provisionally accepted binomials for the neotropical taxa referred to six sections: Rhopalostylis, Dioscoreifoliae, Cremophyllum, Coriaceae, Tiliifoliae and Dalechampia. As here interpreted, section Dalechampia includes 53 species in five subsections; one new subsection, Convolvuloides , is described. |
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| Keywords: | Phylogenetic relationship terminology infrageneric classification |
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