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Nomenclatural Innovations In Neotropical Salicaeeae, Mac H. Alford
Nomenclatural Innovations In Neotropical Salicaeeae, Mac H. Alford
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Macrothumia M. H. Alford is described as a new genus of Salicaceae based on Neosprucea kuhlmannii Steamer from Brazil. The deciduous perianth, papillate leaf teeth, presence of receptacular disk glands, and analyses of plastid DNA data Suggest that the new genus is more closely related to Ahernia Merrill and Pleuranthodendron. L. O. Williams than to Banara Aublet or Neosprucea Sleuruer. The monotypic genus Aphaerema Miers of Brazil and Argentina is transferred to Abatia Ruiz & Pavon, based on analyses of plastid DNA sequences and on the lack of morphological discontinuities between the genera. Because the name Abatia spicata (Turczaninow) …