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A dubious resurrection of Ochetophila Poepp. ex Endl. (Rhamnaceae)
Author(s) -
Tortosa R. D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200811186
Subject(s) - rhamnaceae , genus , biology , synapomorphy , petal , botany , phylogenetics , clade , biochemistry , gene
The split off of Discaria nana and D. trinervis from the genus Discaria , recently made by Kellermann et al. (2005), is not accepted. The occurrence of specimens with morphological intermediacy between both species and D. chacaye , show that those species, that had been segregated into the genus Ochetophila , are closely related to the last species. Moreover, the entire margin of leaves and the petals well developed, considered synapomorphies of Ochetophila , are present in other species of Discaria . (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)