Integrating datasets from herbarium specimens and images to treat a Neotropical myrtle species complex

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 135; no. 6; pp. 1075 - 1092
• Main Authors: Gaem, Paulo Henrique, Andrella, Giovani Carlos, Maurin, Olivier, Bittrich, Volker, Mazine, Fiorella Fernanda, Lucas, Eve, Estanislau do Amaral, Maria do Carmo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 14.07.2025
• Subjects: Myrtaceae - anatomy & histology; Myrtaceae - classification; Myrtaceae - genetics; Phylogeny; herbariomics; integrative taxonomy; Calyptranthes; Marlierea; Myrcia; Myrciinae; phenology; Myrtaceae; environmental niche modelling; Myrteae; geometric morphometrics

Herbaria are the most important source of information for plant taxonomic work. Resources and technologies available today, such as digitized collections and herbarium DNA sequencing, can help accelerate taxonomic decisions in challenging plant groups. Here we employ an integrative methodology relyi...