A new Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) from Northeast Alabama (U.S.A.) with notes on the species “groups” within the genus
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v14.i2.999Keywords:
aristolochiaceae, alabama, hexastylisAbstract
A new species of Hexastylis—H. finzelii—is herein described from northeast Alabama. The historical species groups within Hexastylis are re-evaluated.
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