A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry
Author
de Almeida, Rafael F.
0000-0002-9562-9287
Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil & Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
Author
de Morais, Isa L.
0000-0001-8748-9723
Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil
Author
Alves-Silva, Thais
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0760-6019
Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil
Author
Antonio-Domingues, Higor
0000-0001-9405-1930
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
Author
Pellegrini, Marco O. O.
0000-0002-8783-1362
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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PhytoKeys
2024
2024-05-22
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journal article
10.3897/phytokeys.242.117469
2.7. 10.
Heteropterys
Kunth
,
Nov. Gen.
Sp. 5 [quarto]: 163. 1822 [1821] nom. cons.
Figs 8 L, Q, U
,
11 C, D
=
Banisteria
L
.
, Sp.
Pl.: 427. 1753
, nom. rej.
Type
species:
Banisteria brachiata
L
.
[≡
Heteropterys brachiata
(
L
.) DC.
].
=
Banisteria sect. Holopetalon
Griseb.
, Linnaea 13: 199. 1839
≡
Holopetalon
(Griseb.) Rchb.
, Deut. Bot. Herb. -
Buch: 207. 1841
.
Type
species:
Banisteria patens
Griseb.
[≡
Heteropterys patens
(Griseb.) A. Juss.
]
=
Clonodia
Griseb.
in Martius, Fl.
Bras. 12 (1): 26. 1858
.
Type
species:
Clonodia verrucosa
Griseb.
(=
Heteropterys racemosa
A. Juss.
).
=
Atopocarpus
Cuatrec.
, Webbia 13: 454. 1958.
Type
species:
Atopocarpus papillosus
Cuatrec.
(=
Heteropterys racemosa
A. Juss.
).
=
Skoliopteris
Cuatrec.
, Webbia 13: 451. 1958.
Type
species:
Skoliopteris lehmanniana
(Nied.) Cuatrec.
[=
Heteropterys complicata
(Kunth) W. R. Anderson & C. Davis
].
Type
species.
Heteropterys purpurea
(
L
.) Kunth.
Notes.
Heteropterys
comprises 166 currently accepted species (75 threatened species; Suppl. material
1
) of treelets, shrubs, subshrubs or lianas endemic to rainforests, savannas, and seasonally dry tropical forests from North America (
Mexico
) to South America (
Argentina
), and West Africa (
Angola
,
Cameroon
, Congo,
Gabon
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Ivory Coast
,
Liberia
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
, and Zaire;
POWO 2024
). There is no updated identification key for all species of
Heteropterys
, but for regional treatments, see
Anderson (1981)
for the
Guyana
Highland,
Almeida et al. (2020)
for
Brazil
, and
Pool (in prep
.) for Mesoamerica.
Glicophyllum jussieuanum
(Nied.) R. F. Almeida
is here placed in the synonymy of
G. argenteum
(A. Juss.) R. F. Almeida & M. Pell.
comb. nov.
, due to its basionym being a replacement name for
Hiraea argentea
A. Juss.