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Changes and additions in ipomoea section batatas (Convolvulaceae)

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A new species, Ipomoea tabascana, is described from Mexico, and the combination I. batatas var. apiculata is made for plants endemic to Veracruz. Comments on the alliance of I. umbraticola with the section Batatas are given.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, TX

    J. Andrew McDonald

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 33431, Boca Raton, FL

    Daniel F. Austin

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McDonald, J.A., Austin, D.F. Changes and additions in ipomoea section batatas (Convolvulaceae). Brittonia 42, 116–120 (1990). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807625

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