Bonplandia (Jan 2000)

TAXONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN GALIANTHE AND BORRERIA (RUBIACEAE-SPERMACOCEAE)

  • Elsa L. Cabral,
  • Nélida M. Bacigalupo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1-4
pp. 119 – 128

Abstract

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Three new species, Galianthe andersonii E.L.Cabral, Galianthe macedoi E.L.Cabral, Galianthe reitzii E.L.Cabral are described and illustrated and two new combinations, Galianthe peruviana(Pers.) E.L.Cabral and Borreria crispata (K. Schum.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo, are presented. A new status and a new name are proposed tor Borreria burchellii; taxonomic observations aregiven about Borreria tenera DC.