A synopsis of the neotropical genus Pentaplaris, with remarks on its systematic position within core Malvales |
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Authors: | Clemens Bayer Laurence J. Dorr |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universit?t Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609, Hamburg, Germany 2. Department of Botany, MRC-166, Smithsonian Institution, 20560-0166, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Abstract: | Pentaplaris davidsmithii from Peru and Bolivia andP. huaoranica from Ecuador are described and compared to the only other species previously known in the genus,P. doroteae from Costa Rica. Morphological and palynological characters support the inclusion ofPentaplaris in core Malvales while suggesting that the original assumption that the genus belonged in Tiliaceae-Brownlowieae cannot be maintained.Pentaplaris, which comprises three isolated and evidently rare species, probably belongs to the malvoid-bombacoid alliance, but its position within this clade ramains unresolved. |
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Keywords: | Pentaplaris Malvaceae Tiliaceae Bombacoideae Brownlowioideae Malvoideae |
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