A new species of Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae) from Amazonia with some notes on the Galeatae group including a key

Stefan Dressler

doi:10.3372/wi.30.30214

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8 December 2000 A new species of Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae) from Amazonia with some notes on the Galeatae group including a key

Stefan Dressler

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Willdenowia, 30(2):369-374 (2000). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.30.30214

Abstract

Marcgravia zonopunctata is described as a species new to science and illustrated. The species is remarkable for its hypophyllous glands arranged in bands on the lower leaf surface (not known before from Marcgravia), for its peculiar shape of the nectary bracts and for its inflorescences appearing on short-shoots (as far known). This is the first species of an unranked, obviously natural group within Marcgravia (Galeatae group) known to range in Amazonia and at low altitudes. Some features of this Galeatae group are discussed here (e.g. pollination, distribution, leaf anatomy) and a key to its species is given.

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Stefan Dressler "A new species of Marcgravia (Marcgraviaceae) from Amazonia with some notes on the Galeatae group including a key," Willdenowia 30(2), 369-374, (8 December 2000). https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.30.30214

Published: 8 December 2000

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