A dubious resurrection of Ochetophila Poepp. ex Endl. (Rhamnaceae)

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 Ochet...

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Author: Tortosa, Roberto Daniel
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/130557
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130557
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:OCHETOPHILA
DISCARIA
RHAMNACEAE
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Summary: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.