Trigonia eriosperma (Lam.) Fromm-Trinta & Santos (1971: 2)

Pastore, José Floriano B., 2013, A review of Vellozo’s names for Polygalaceae in his Flora Fluminensis, Phytotaxa 108 (1), pp. 41-48 : 43-44

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.108.1.2

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Trigonia eriosperma (Lam.) Fromm-Trinta & Santos (1971: 2)
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4. Trigonia eriosperma (Lam.) Fromm-Trinta & Santos (1971: 2) . Croton eriospermum Lamarck 1786: 211 . Type: — BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro, 1767, P.Commerson s.n. (holotype P-LA!, isotype P!). Polygala punctulata Vellozo (1829: 291) , syn. nov (non P. punctulata Hochstetter 1841: 30 ), nomen). Lectotype

(designated here): — BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Bairro de Santa Cruz , "Habitat silvis maritimis regii

Praedii S. Crucis" (Vellozo, 1829). Iconograph: Vellozo (1831: tab. 61).

Taxonomic notes:— The plant in the plate (as well as its description) belongs to the genus Trigonia (Trigoniaceae) . It can be recognized by the opposite leaves, pentamerous calyx, and segmented stems. According to Lleras (2012), this genus is represented in Rio de Janeiro by 9 species, with the illustration resembling for the most part T. eriosperma .

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