Novelties in Oxypetalum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): a new species and revalidation of the name O. megapotamicum

Abstract Based on a specimen collected in Santa Catarina state, Brazil, the new species Oxypetalum kassneri is described and illustrated. Moreover, a molecular phylogenetic analysis allows to propose the revalidation of O. megapotamicum, a species currently placed in the genus Ditassa. The neotype o...

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Main Authors: Héctor Alejandro Keller, Luis Adriano Funez, Sigrid Liede-Schumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 2021-03-01
Series:Rodriguésia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602021000100218&tlng=en