Open Access- First record of Araujia sericifera (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) for Chile, a new alien climbing species from South America.
Author(s) -
Javier Santa Cruz,
Sebastián Cordero
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
boletín de la sociedad argentina de botánica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1850-2075
pISSN - 0373-580X
DOI - 10.31055/1851.2372.v53.n2.20587
Subject(s) - apocynaceae , phenology , ecology , flora (microbiology) , alien , biology , habitat , geography , botany , genetics , bacteria , politics , citizenship , political science , law
The presence of Araujia sericifera Brot. (Apocynaceae) in the vascular flora of central Chile is reported for the first time. A morphological description and an illustration is provided, as well as a background about its habitat, ecology and phenology.