A new species of Helietta (Pilocarpinae, Zanthoxyloideae, Rutaceae) from Colombia and notes on the morphology and circumscription of H. glaziovii
Author
Londoño-Echeverri, Yeison
0000-0001-5169-598X
Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA) y Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, A. A, 1226, Medellín, Colombia & Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez Villegas (MEDEL) y Semillero en estudios taxonómicos de plantas de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A. A, 3840, Medellín, Colombia & ylondono @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5169 - 598 X
ylondono@unal.edu.co
Author
Trujillo-López, Ana María
0000-0002-0898-1646
Herbario Universidad de Antioquia (HUA) y Grupo de Estudios Botánicos (GEOBOTA), Instituto de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, A. A, 1226, Medellín, Colombia & Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez Villegas (MEDEL) y Semillero en estudios taxonómicos de plantas de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A. A, 3840, Medellín, Colombia & amtrujillol @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0898 - 1646
amtrujillol@unal.edu.co
Author
Pirani, José Rubens
0000-0001-7984-4457
Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo Campus de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, Prédio do Herbário SPF, São Paulo, SP 05508 - 090, Brazil & pirani @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7984 - 4457
pirani@usp.br
Author
Pérez-Zabala, Jorge Andrés
0000-0003-1388-7694
Herbario Gabriel Gutiérrez Villegas (MEDEL) y Semillero en estudios taxonómicos de plantas de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A. A, 3840, Medellín, Colombia & jperez @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1388 - 7694
jperez@unal.edu.co
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Phytotaxa
2023
2023-11-07
625
1
98
107
https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/download/phytotaxa.625.1.7/51272
journal article
278557
10.11646/phytotaxa.625.1.7
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Helietta glaziovii
(Engl.) Pirani.
Esenbeckia glaziovii
Engl.
Type:—
BRAZIL
.
Rio de Janeiro
:
Alto Macahé
[Macaé],
2 June 1891
(fl),
A
.
Glaziou 18171
(
Lectotype
designated by
Pirani 1998
:
P-2440994
[digital image!];
Isolectotypes
:
C-10018445
[digital image!],
C-10018446
[digital image!],
F-936483
[digital image!],
K-531280
[digital image!],
LE-2719
[digital image!],
P-6679885
[digital image!],
P-6679886
[digital image!];
photos of destroyed B
holotype
at
F
,
MO
,
NY
,
SPF
).
FIGURE 4.
Geographical distribution of
Helietta magna
.
The morphological limits of
Helietta glaziovii
were reviewed during this study. Two additional features not previously recorded by
Pirani (1998)
were detected in the
type
specimens: Its leaflets with margin involute laterally at the very apex and its petals being glabrous, not ciliolate. The current circumscription of
H. glaziovii
by
Pirani (1998)
and
Pirani & Groppo (2023)
is based on several additional specimens from the Espinhaço Range and other areas in the states of
Bahia
,
Minas Gerais
and
Goiás
, in Central and eastern
Brazil
. However, none of these specimens exhibit leaflets with margin involute at apex and a few of them have petals that are glabrous. These features are taxonomically important for the species circumscription within the genus and could suggest the possibility of recognition of two taxa. However, this is prevented by the absence of additional specimens exhibiting the morphological combination present in the
type
of
H. glaziovii
,
as well as by the doubt about the precise
type
locality, since the annotation by Glaziou on the labels are undoubtless inaccurate (see
Pirani 1998: 369–371
). It is very unlikely that the
type
specimen could have been collected around Macaé in
Rio de Janeiro state
, a region included within the moist Atlantic Forest Dominium. Previous analyses of specimens of other families collected by Glaziou also lead to the conclusion that he probably provided erroneous data about the locality of some collections (
cf.
Rudd 1965: 367
,
Wurdack 1970
,
Kaastra 1982: 115
,
Pirani 1998: 369–371
).