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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kriebel R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4972245 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis identified a clade containing all species of Conostegia, but that also included species of Clidemia and Miconia nested inside. A taxonomic revision of a more broadly circumscribed Conostegia is presented here. In total, 77 species of Conostegia are recognized. One species from Ecuador, Conostegia ortizae is described as new. Twenty-nine new combinations are proposed for the species of Clidemia and Miconia that fall inside Conostegia. Two new names are pro ...[more]