Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXIX: Overview of the Neotropical Genus Schizocalyx (Condamineeae) and Description of Two New Species

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by  Charlotte M Taylor

Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XXIX:
Overview of the Neotropical Genus Schizocalyx (Condamineeae)
and Description of Two New Species
Charlotte M. Taylor
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.0. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166, U.S.A.
[email protected]
David A. Neill
Fundacion Jatun Sacha, Casilla Postal 17-12-867, Quito, Ecuador, [email protected]
Roy E. Gereau
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166, U.S.A. [email protected]
aplanadas o anguladas. corno se detalle en una
Central a traves de Sudamerica occidental hasta
Brasil central y suroriental. Las nueve especies
in bud, capsules that are loculicidal across the apical
part, and numerous flattened to angled seeds, as
and S. multiflorus (Hook, f.) Kainul. & B. Bremer.
eastern Andean foothills of central Peru and Condamineeae, Costa Rica, Ecuador, IUCN Red List,
for S. cuspidatus (A. St.-Hil.) Kainul. & B Bremer
and S. multiflorus (Hook, f.) Kainul. & B. Bremer. The genus Schhocalyx Wedd. ( Weddell, 1854) was
Resumen. El genero Schhocalvx Wedd. original-
lo cual estaban clasificadas erroneamente. y dos
especies transferidas de Phi-topis Hook, f., lo cual es
cidales en la parte apical y semillas
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neae also by Robbrecht (1988), but shortly afterward Krause (1908), who described B. peruviana K.
(1991) transferred Schizocalyx to their newly de-
Standley (1931a, 1936), who described and keyed B.
the Calycophylleae and considered it to be related
in the Rondeletieae (Robbrecht, 1988). Delprete
Burger and Taylor (1993), who incorrectly described
tieae (Delprete, 1999). Later Rova et al. (2002)
studied the various genera that have been included in
septicidally for more than half their length in Bathysa
capsule in Schizocalyx (Kainulainen et al., 2010).
tieae, and their results showed that all of these genera sometimes overlooked (e.g., Delprete, 1997).
(2010), using both molecular and morphological
particularly closely related. Kainulainen et al. years later, P. sterculioides Standi, of Peru (Standley,
Phitopis was provided by Standley (1936). The name
irregularly lobed calyx limbs. However, these genera
(1995) excluded Phitopis from the tribe Hippotideae.
al.’s classification (2010). These two genera were Rondeletieae together with Bathysa, as did Standley
Bathysa (Standley. 1931a: 259) versus convolute in
Schizocalyx (Standley. 1930: 171); however, this (Robbrecht, 1988; Rova et al., 2002; Kainulainen et
workers (e.g., Robbrecht, 1988), but Delprete (1999)

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,(cid:9632) (Dwyer) C. M. Taylor (Taylor et al.,
: name B. multiflora L. 0. Williams was
(Taylor & Pool, 1993): this name is a
australis (A. St.-Hil.) Hook. f. ex K. S
Petitions Working Group, 2008).
s are not being submitted to IUCN
73. 1854, nom. cons.
bracteosus Wedd.
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d Peru (Taylor* Pool 1993), w
Discussion. The collection Spruce 4319 was
t B, versus one of tl
be seen by visiting K. Of the two specimens
4319 at K. where Hooker worked, the
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504 Novon
playa, 1798, J. J. Tafalla s.n. (holotype, Bf, F
photo neg. #33 at MO; isotypes, F not seen, MA
not seen, F photo neg. #29653 at MO).
Romero, 1993; Taylor & Pool, 1993), in wet forests at
f2r9om0- 1E7c0u0a dmo.r T(Nhiesi lls p&ec iUesll ohaa, s 2a0l1so1 ) bbeaesne dr epoonr teadn dispersal of the seeds (Figure 1A-C). There also
tioned by Krause (1908), who contrasted his new
“B. obovata (Ruiz & Pavon) K. Schumann,” which
Peila, L Tsamajain & M. Roca 8034 (MO). Sail Martin:
is not lectotypified here, because further documen- SdiLheJv. & M. Dillon 8953 (F, MO). ^
Bretiie/ Amer. J. Bot. 97(12): 1976. 2010.
Some inaccurate morphological observations made Field Mus. Nat. Hist.. Bot. Ser. 8: 341. 1931.
TYPE: Peru. Junm: dense forest, Pichis Trail,
Enenas, 1600-1900 m, 30 June-2 July 1929, E.
P. Killip & A. C. Smith 25747 (holotype, F-
ment and somewhat variable flower and fruit size. 607646 F photo neg. #44915 at MO).
& Pool, 1993; Neill & Ulloa, 2011), where it is found
in wet premontane forests at 1100-1800 m. It has
talline rocks (e.g.. D. Neill & Shuar Conservation
Bremer,^ Amer. J. Bot. 97(12): 1976. 2010.
Young & G. Sullivan 747, MO).
Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 50: 96. 1909.
1903, E. Ule 6768 (holotype, Bf, F photo neg.
#32 at MO). El Paujil, lowland rainforest, 10°10'24"S,
75°15'49"W. 500 m. H. van der Werff, R.
Vdsquez & R. Francis 19999 (holohpe. USM;
isotype, MO-04824519). Figure 2.
(Taylor & Pool, 1993; Taylor, 1999), in wet forests at
200-1600 m.