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
2.8. 13.
Triaspis
Burch., Trav. S.
Africa 2: 280. 1824
.
=
Umbellulanthus
S. Moore
, J. Bot. 58: 220. 1920.
Type
species:
Umbellulanthus floribundus
S. Moore
(≡
Triaspis mooreana
Exell & Mendonça
).
Type
species.
Triaspis hypericoides
Burch.
Notes.
Triaspis
comprises 19 currently accepted species (five threatened species; Suppl. material
1
) endemic to rainforests, savannas, and seasonally dry tropical forests of
Angola
,
Benin
,
Botswana
,
Cameroon
, Cape Green,
Congo
,
Ethiopia
,
Gabon
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Ivory Coast
,
Kenya
,
Liberia
,
Malawi
,
Mozambique
,
Namibia
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Somalia
,
South Africa
,
Tanzania
,
Togo
,
Zambia
,
Zaire
, and
Zimbabwe
, Africa (
POWO 2024
). There is no current identification key for all species of
Triaspis
, but for regional keys, see
Niedenzu (1928)
,
Launert (1968)
for East Africa,
Badré (1972)
for
Cameroon
,
Badré (1973)
for
Gabon
,
Hutchinson and Dalziel (1958)
for West Tropical Africa,
Wilczek (1958)
for
Democratic Republic of Congo
, and
Almeida et al. (2024)
for Southern Africa.