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A synopsis of Phragmotheca (Bombacaceae), with two new species and a new subspecies

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Recent botanical exploration in Panama and northwestern South America allows a more complete account ofPhragmotheca than was previously possible. Of the six taxa now recognized,Phragmotheca mammosa subspp.mammosa andamazonica, andP. ecuadorensis are newly described and illustrated here. A key to the species, descriptions of all taxa, comments on habitat and phenology, and photographs of staminal thecae and leaf trichomes are provided. Seedlings of “durian morphology”, previously known in the family only from paleotropical members, are reported fromP. mammosa.

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    William S. Alverson

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Alverson, W.S. A synopsis of Phragmotheca (Bombacaceae), with two new species and a new subspecies. Brittonia 43, 73–87 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807297

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