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A Revision of the Neotropical Species of Turbina Raf. (Convolvulaceae)

1991; Torrey Botanical Society; Volume: 118; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2996641

2325-8055

Daniel F. Austin, George W. Staples,

Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

AusTIN, D. F. (Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431) and G. W. STAPLES (Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138). A revision of the neotropical species of Turbina Raf. (Convolvulaceae). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 118: 265-280. 1991. The circumscription, taxonomic history, and morphological characteristics of the genus Turbina Raf. are reviewed. The Old World taxa of Turbina are summarized. Four species of Turbina have heretofore been known in the New World; a new species from lower Amazonian Brazil, T. amazonica, is described, the neotropical species are revised and a key is provided for them.