THE GUATTERIA GROUP DISENTANGLED: SINKING GUATTERIOPSIS, GUATTERIELLA, AND HETEROPETALUM INTO GUATTERIA

ABSTRACT The Guatteria group (Annonaceae) consists of four genera: Guatteria, Guatteriopsis, Guatteriella, and Heteropetalum. Morphological data have for long suggested a close affinity between these genera. Recent phylogenetic analysis has shown that Guatteriopsis, Guatteriella as well as Heteropet...

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Main Authors: Roy H. J. Erkens, Paul J. M. Maas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Rodriguésia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602008000200401&lng=en&tlng=en