Clarification of the status of Hibiscus (sect. Furcaria) uncinellus (Malvaceae)

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Paul A. Fryxell1, F. Douglas Wilson2
1USDA-ARS and Texas A&M University, College Station
2USDA-ARS and Arizona Agric. Exp. Stn., Phoenix

Tóm tắt

Hibiscus uncinellus andH. bifurcatus have been confused in the literature and in the herbarium. The morphological, ecological, and geographic differences between them are presented, and a lectotype is chosen for the former species.Hibiscus uncinellus is virtually confined to Mexico (plus one Guatemalan station), andH. bifurcatus occurs in the West Indies, South America, and Central America, as far north as Honduras.

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