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24 May 2013 New Circumscription of the Endemic Brazilian Genus Actinocephalus (Eriocaulaceae)
Fabiane Nepomuceno Costa, Paulo Takeo Sano
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Abstract

Based initially on the morphological similarity between species belonging to Actinocephalus (Körn.) Sano and Paepalanthus Mart. subsect. Aphorocaulon Ruhland (Eriocaulaceae), these taxa were studied to clarify their relationships. After intensive fieldwork and morphological analyses of specimens belonging to Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon and Actinocephalus, we conclude that Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon and Actinocephalus should not be classified as different taxa. This taxonomic opinion is confirmed by published phylogenetic morphological and molecular data. We propose herein to include species of Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon in Actinocephalus. Thus nomenclatural and taxonomic changes are proposed in Actinocephalus and Paepalanthus with the following 16 new combinations: A. actinocephaloides (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. actinocephaloides Silveira], A. arenicola (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. arenicola Silveira], A. armeria (Mart. ex Körn.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. armeria Mart. ex Körn.], A. bahiensis (Bong.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. bahiensis (Bong.) Kunth], A. barbiger (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. barbiger Silveira], A. geniculatus (Bong.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. geniculatus (Bong.) Kunth], A. glareosus (Bong.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. glareosus (Bong.) Kunth], A. heteropus (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. heteropus Silveira], A. incanus (Bong.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. incanus (Bong.) Körn.], A. longifolius (Körn.) F. N. Costa [≡ P. longifolius Körn.], A. perbracchiatus (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. perbracchiatus Silveira], A. phaeocephalus (Ruhland) F. N. Costa [≡ P. phaeocephalus Ruhland], A. rhizomatosus (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. rhizomatosus Silveira], A. scytophyllus (Ruhland) F. N. Costa [≡ P. scytophyllus Ruhland], A. trichopeplus (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. trichopeplus Silveira], and A. velutinus (Silveira) F. N. Costa [≡ P. velutinus Silveira]. In addition, nine new synonyms and lectotypifications for the six following names are presented: Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon Ruhland, Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon β Incani Ruhland [unranked], Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon β Condensati Ruhland [unranked], P. incanus (Bong.) Körn. var. α Körn., P. praemorsus Ruhland, and A. scytophyllus (Ruhland) F. N. Costa. As newly circumscribed, the genus Actinocephalus comprises 49 species restricted to Brazil, with the Espinhaço Range as the center of species diversity. Species of Actinocephalus can be distinguished principally by the presence of paraclades covered by bracts and rarely a single scape arranged in an umbelliform coflorescence at the apex.

Baseado inicialmente na similaridade morfológica entre as espécies pertencentes à Actinocephalus (Körn.) Sano e Paepalanthus Mart. subsect. Aphorocaulon Ruhland, estes táxons foram estudados a fim de elucidar suas relações. Após intensivo trabalho de campo e estudo da morfologia das espécies pertencentes a Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon and Actinocephalus, concluímos que não é possível reconhecer Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon and Actinocephalus como dois táxons distintos. O posicionamento das espécies de Paepalanthus subsect. Aphorocaulon em Actinocephalus também foi confirmado em análises filogenéticas publicadas por outros pesquisadores, empregando dados morfológicos e moleculares. Portanto, propomos aqui a inclusão das espécies de Paepala

Fabiane Nepomuceno Costa and Paulo Takeo Sano "New Circumscription of the Endemic Brazilian Genus Actinocephalus (Eriocaulaceae)," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 22(3), 281-287, (24 May 2013). https://doi.org/10.3417/2011001
Published: 24 May 2013
KEYWORDS
Actinocephalus
Brazil
Eriocaulaceae
Paepalanthus
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