Notes on Brazilian Pachira (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae): A new combination and lectotypification of three basionyms

Authors

  • Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco – UNIVASF, Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, and Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco – UFRPE, Departamento de Ciências Florestais
  • Laurence J. Dorr National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1028

Keywords:

Adolpho Ducke, Bombacopsis, Bombax, Brazil, Rhodognaphalopsis

Abstract

Bombax cearense, endemic to Brazil, is transferred to Pachira and the name is lectotypified. The basionyms of two other species of Pachira endemic to Brazil also are lectotypified.

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Published

2020-12-07

How to Cite

Carvalho-Sobrinho, J. ., & Dorr, L. J. . (2020). Notes on Brazilian Pachira (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae): A new combination and lectotypification of three basionyms. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 14(2), 279–280. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.1028