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SIX NEW SPECIES OF TETRAPTERYS (MALPIGHIACEAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2016

W. R. Anderson  and
C. Anderson
C. Anderson
Affiliation:
University of Michigan Herbarium, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Six new species of the Neotropical genus Tetrapterys (Malpighiaceae) are described and illustrated: T. amazonica C.E.Anderson (Brazil, Colombia and Peru), T. andersonii C.E.Anderson (Mexico), T. callejasii W.R.Anderson (Colombia), T. molinae W.R.Anderson (Honduras), T. rzedowskii W.R.Anderson (Mexico) and T. steyermarkii W.R.Anderson (Colombia and Venezuela). All have 4(–6)-flowered umbels as the ultimate inflorescence units, glabrous yellow petals, and samaras with a small dorsal wing in addition to the four large lateral wings.

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HondurasMalpighiaceaeMexicoSouth AmericaTetrapterys
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 77 - 94
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2016) 

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