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SUBMITTER: Ortiz Rdel C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4086211 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PhytoKeys 20140604 38
The new species Cissampelos arenicola M. Nee & R. Ortiz, from the Bolivian and Paraguayan Chaco is described, its affinities are discussed, and its preliminary conservation status is evaluated. The species is at present known from 13 collections from sand dunes or dry forests. Cissampelos arenicola is distinguished from all other American species in the genus by its ovate- to subreniform-trilobed leaves, 8-locular synandria, and relatively large, and scarcely ornamented endocarps. The most commo ...[more]