New synonyms and lectotypification in Sweetia Spreng. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)

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  • Rodrigo Schütz Rodrigues

Keywords:

Vatairea clade, Sophoreae, taxonomy, Ferreirea

Abstract

Sweetia Spreng. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) is a monospecific genus from South America. This paper contributes to the infraspecific circumscription and lectotypification of S. fruticosa Spreng. A morphological analysis of the types and other specimens does not recognize subspecies within this species. Therefore, two new synonyms under S. fruticosa are proposed: Sweetia fruticosa var. paraguariensis (Hassl.) Yakovlev (≡ Ferreirea spectabilis var. paraguariensis Hassl.) and Sweetia fruticosa var. hassleri Yakovlev (≡ Ferreirea spectabilis f. fruticosa Chodat & Hassl.). The lectotype of S. fruticosa is here designated, a description of the species, information about its geographic distribution, preferred habitats, economic uses, and common names are also presented.

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Schütz Rodrigues

Graduado em Ciências Biológicas (1996) e mestre em Botânica pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2000) e doutor em Biologia Vegetal pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2005). Atualmente sou professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Roraima e venho atuando principalmente em sistemática de Leguminosae, morfologia de plântulas e taxonomia de angiospermas de Roraima.

Published

2009-06-22

How to Cite

Rodrigues, R. S. (2009). New synonyms and lectotypification in Sweetia Spreng. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae). Revista Brasileira De Biociências, 7(2). Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/rbrasbioci/article/view/114860

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