A new species of dragon's blood Croton (Euphorbiaceae) from South America with singular inflorescences
Croton amentiformis, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from western South America, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence and data from leaf anatomy indicate that the new species belongs to the dragon’s blood group (Croton section Cyclostigma). The dense and congested inflorescence is unu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/169160 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/169160 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Crotoneae Taxonomy Peru Euphorbiaceae Ecuador Section Cyclostigma Croton |
| Sumario: | Croton amentiformis, a new species of Euphorbiaceae from western South America, is described and illustrated. Morphological evidence and data from leaf anatomy indicate that the new species belongs to the dragon’s blood group (Croton section Cyclostigma). The dense and congested inflorescence is unusual within the genus. This singular dragon’s blood species is dedicated to the Florence Tropical Herbarium (FT) on the occasion of its 100th Anniversary celebrated in 2014. |
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