Revisiting Paepalanthus subsect. Polycladus (Eriocaulaceae) re-circumscription, nomenclatural notes and description of a noteworthy new species

Paepalanthus subsect. Polycladus was proposed based on a few and incomplete specimens of P. polygonus. In this manuscript we re-circumscribe the group, include the remarkable new species Paepalanthus lychnophorellus and exclude P. graomogolensis, providing also a complete description of Paepalanthus...

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Published inFolia geobotanica Vol. 54; no. 3/4; pp. 307 - 318
Main Authors Trovó, Marcelo, Echternacht, Livia, Sano, Paulo Takeo, da Costa, Fabiane Nepomuceno
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.12.2019
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Habitat preferences
Identification keys
lectotypes
Life Sciences
New species
Paepalanthus
Plant Ecology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
taxonomic keys
Taxonomy
Systematics
Paepalanthoideae
Cerrado
Poales
Taxonomy
Nomenclature
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Summary:Paepalanthus subsect. Polycladus was proposed based on a few and incomplete specimens of P. polygonus. In this manuscript we re-circumscribe the group, include the remarkable new species Paepalanthus lychnophorellus and exclude P. graomogolensis, providing also a complete description of Paepalanthus polygonus. One new synonym is proposed (P. spiralifolius = P. polygonus) and one lectotypification is designated (P. polygonus). Paepalanthus subsect. Polycladus is compared with morphologically similar taxa. An identification key, illustrations, photographs, distribution maps, and comments on the distribution, habitat preferences, conservation and taxonomy are provided for the two species of the subsection.
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ISSN:1211-9520
1874-9348
DOI:10.1007/s12224-019-09339-2