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Badiera subrhombifolia (Polygalaceae), a new species from Hispaniola

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Badiera subrhombifolia is newly described from Hispaniola, where it co-occurs with B. fuertesii and B. penaea. Badiera subrhombifolia lacks the long peduncle of the former species and the scabrous leaves of the latter; it is also often distinguishable by subrhomboid, triplinerved leaves. This new species is a near endemic to high montane forests of the “south island” of Hispaniola, i.e., the Massif de la Hotte, Massif de la Selle, and Sierra de Bahoruco.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Norris Williams, Keeper of the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) in the Florida Museum of Natural History, and Kent Perkins, Collections Manager, for assistance in processing specimens. We also thank Kurt Neubig and Mark Whitten for assistance with molecular lab work, with additional thanks to Kurt for help with Latin. We thank Dan Skean, Teodoro Clase, and Brigido Peguero for field and herbarium assistance in the Dominican Republic, and Charles Woods, and Daniel and Tia Cordier, who provided financial support and logistical assistance in the Formon region, Haiti. Claes Persson and Tom Wendt are thanked for their suggestions to improve the manuscript. The illustration (Fig. 1) was drawn by J. R. Abbott.

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  2. Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    J. Richard Abbott & Walter S. Judd

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Abbott, J.R., Judd, W.S. Badiera subrhombifolia (Polygalaceae), a new species from Hispaniola. Brittonia 63, 161–170 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-010-9144-2

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