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Glossopetalon (Crossosomataceae) and a new variety of G. spinescens from the Great Basin, U.S.A.

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A new variety from the eastern Great Basin of western U.S.A.,Glossopetalon spinescens var.microphyllum (Crossosomataceae), is described and illustrated, and its relationship within the species is indicated by a key. The nameGlossopetalon A. Gray is used rather than the substituteForsellesia Greene, because there is little chance of confusion with the earlier nameGlossopetalum Schreber, which was illegitimately published and remains obscure.

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    Noel H. Holmgren

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Holmgren, N.H. Glossopetalon (Crossosomataceae) and a new variety of G. spinescens from the Great Basin, U.S.A.. Brittonia 40, 269–274 (1988). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807471

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