Novelties in Calibrachoa (Solanaceae) and taxonomic notes on the genus for Argentina

Authors

  • Julián A. Greppi Instituto de Floricultura, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, N. Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, 1686 Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Juan C. Hagiwara Instituto de Floricultura, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, N. Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, 1686 Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • João R. Stehmann Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos 6627, Caixa Postal 486, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2013.11.489

Keywords:

Argentina, Brazil, Calibrachoa, Solanaceae, taxonomy

Abstract

A new subspecies of Calibrachoa from Argentina and Brazil is described and ilustrated: C. linoides subsp. furcata. Calibrachoa heterophylla is excluded from the Argentinean flora. Calibrachoa linearis and Petunia thymifolia f. gracilis are considered as new synonyms of C. thymifolia, and misinterpretations about two species (C. pubescens and C. humilis) previously cited for Argentina are clarified. Lectotypes are designated for Fabiana thymifolia, Petunia thymifolia f. gracilis, and Salpiglossis linearis (= C. thymifolia).

Published

31-07-2013

How to Cite

Greppi, J. A., Hagiwara, J. C., & Stehmann, J. R. (2013). Novelties in Calibrachoa (Solanaceae) and taxonomic notes on the genus for Argentina. Darwiniana, Nueva Serie, 1(1), 173–187. https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2013.11.489

Issue

Section

Systematics and Taxonomy of Plants

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