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A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae)

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The pantropical genus Thespesia and its allied genera Azanza, Cephalohibiscus and Lebronnecia are revised. We recognize 14 species in Thespesia, two in Azanza and one each in Cephalohibiscus and Lebronnecia. A new combination, Azanza thespesioides var. flaviflora, is made. Lectotypes are designated for: Thespesia banalo, T. danis, T. danisvar.grandibracteata, T. danisvar.somalica, T. debeerstii, T. garckeana, T. grandiflora, T. gummiflua, T. hockii, T. populneavar.guadalupensis, T. populneavar.macrocarpa, T. rogersii and T. trilobata. Second-step lectotypes are designated for Cephalohibiscus peekelii and Thespesia populneavar.rheedii. Neotypes are designated for Azanza thespesioidesvar.flaviflora and Montezuma speciosissima, and an epitype is designated for Hibiscus populneus. Keys, descriptions and distribution maps for all species are provided.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the directors and staff of the herbaria F, HUH, K, MO, NY and US for the loan of specimens to UPRRP, and of AAU, B, BM, C, G, MEL, NHN and PERTH for providing information and images of specimens. Special thanks go to Prof. Elvia Meléndez (University of Puerto Rico) for the invitation to attend the South African PhD Project conference in 2012 which made it possible to study the collections at NH and NU. We are also grateful to Adrian Tejedor for photographing the types at BO, and to Werner Greuter for answering our questions on typification. The University of Puerto Rico provided financial support to conduct fieldwork in the Dominican Republic. We thank the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales of the Dominican Republic for research permits, and Amelia Mateo and Gerson Feliz for organizing FAB’s field trip to Beata Island. Victor Vega, Kristopher Bonefont and Jaileen Merced, former students at the University of Puerto Rico, provided fieldwork assistance in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. We are also grateful to Pedro A. Gonzalez, Banesa Falcón, Rosalina Berazain, Marcos Caraballo, Wilfredo Falcón and Wilnelia Recart for sharing their field observations and photos of Thespesia, and to Jennifer Tate, Thomas Zanoni and Benjamin Torke for their helpful reviews of the manuscript.

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  2. Biodiversity Genomics Team, Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution Group, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, 530005, Guangxi, China

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Areces-Berazain, F., Ackerman, J.D. A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72, 62–110 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5

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