Four new species of the Didymopanax group of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Schefflera</Emphasis> (Araliaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon |
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Authors: | Pedro Fiaschi David G Frodin Gregory M Plunkett |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1000 West Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23284–2012, USA;(2) Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK;(3) Chelsea Physic Garden, 66 Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HS, UK |
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Abstract: | Four new species of the Didymopanax group of Neotropical Schefflera (Araliaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon are here described and illustrated. Two of these are mainly known from the surroundings of Manaus, Amazonas state (Schefflera ciliatifolia and Schefflera umbrosa). The first is distinguished by its ciliate leaflets, while the second is characterized by leaflets varying in shape from trilobed to entire. Schefflera plurifolia is known only from southern Amazonian forests, and is remarkable in its pinnately-compound leaflets. Schefflera dichotoma, only known from the type collected on “campinarana” forests from Upper Rio Negro, at the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas), is characterized by dichotomously branching inflorescences. Comments on the geographic distribution and ecology of the new species are provided, as well as an identification key to the species of the Didymopanax group found in Brazilian Amazonian rainforests and savannas. |
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Keywords: | Amazon Araliaceae Brazil Didymopanax Schefflera Taxonomy |
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