IBODA   05360
INSTITUTO DE BOTANICA DARWINION
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
A taxonomic revision of Casselia (Verbenaceae), a genus endemic to the South American Cerrado and Mata Atla´ntica biogeographic provinces1
Autor/es:
NATALY O’LEARY2 AND MARıA E. MULGURA
Revista:
JOURNAL OF THE TORREY BOTANICAL SOCIETY
Editorial:
TORREY BOTANICAL SOC
Referencias:
Lugar: Lawrence; Año: 2010 vol. 137 p. 166 - 179
ISSN:
1095-5674
Resumen:
Taxonomic revision of Casselia (Verbenaceae), a genus endemic fromSouth American Cerrado and Mata Atla´ntica biogeographic provinces. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 137: 166–179.2010.—A taxonomic revision of the genus Casselia is provided. Casselia is a small genus of Verbenaceae,placed in the tribe Casselieae, along with Tamonea and Parodianthus. It is represented by six species,distributed in South America, along central Brazil, eastern Bolivia and northern Paraguay. Five newsynonyms and two lectotypifications are proposed. Detailed morphological descriptions are given for eachtaxon, as well as a key for their identification, illustrations, actualised synonymy, distribution, and adiscussion about the relationship between closely related taxa.