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Studies in the GenusHevea. VIII. Notes on infraspecific variants ofHevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae)

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Supplying 98% of the world's natural rubber,Hevea brasiliensis has transformed life around the world in only a century. This species-one of 10 in its genus-gives the best natural rubber, but much more remains to be studied concerning the numerous localised strains of the species. The British introduced to the Orient seeds from the lower Amazon-representatives of a not superior ecotype of the species but, at that time a century ago, the only available germ plasm. The time for study of the intraspecific variants ofH. brasiliensis and their use in programmes of genetic manipulation of the genus is long overdue. But basic to this desired programme is a clear taxonomic understanding of infraspecific variants, still awaiting evaluation. Although numerous taxonomic treatments of subspecific variants have been offered, there is little available to give genetic programmes concrete information.

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Abbreviations

Hevea for H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 204.

H. janeirensis:

Muell.-Arg. in Martius, Fl. Bras. 11, pt. 2 (1874) 706.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. angustifolia [Ule apud] Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi 3 (1902) 350.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. latifolia [Ule apud] Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi 3 (1902) 350.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. fma. angustifolia Ule in Tropenpflanzer Beih. 6 (1905) 8.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. fma. latifolia Ule in Tropenpflanzer Beih. 6 (1905) 8.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. stylosa Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi 4 (1906) 640.

H. Randiana:

Huber in Bol. Mus. Goeldi 4 (1906) 636.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. janeirensis (Muell.-Arg.) Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich 4 (147) (1910) 121.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. Randiana (Huber) Pax in Engler, Pflanzenreich 4 (147) (1910) 123.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. acreana Ule in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50, Beibl. 114 (1914) 14.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. mut. Granthami Bartlett in Bot. Gaz. 84 (1927) 200.

H. Granthami:

Bartlettin Bot. Gaz. 84 (1927) 200, nom. altern.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. fma. Randiana Ducke in Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2 (1935) 224.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. var. subconcolor Ducke in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 6 (1935) 55.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. fma. subconcolor (Ducke) Ducke in Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2 (1935) 224.

H. brasiliensis:

(Willd. ex Adr. Juss.) fma. acreana (Ule) Ducke in Bol. Técn. Inst. Agron. N. 10 (1946) 23.

Siphonia brasiliensis:

Willdenow ex Adr. Juss., Euphorb. Gen. (1824) t. 12.

Siphonia brasiliensis:

Humboldt, Bonpland, et Kunth, Gen. et Sp. 7 (1825) 171.

Siphonia janeirensis:

(Muell.-Arg.) O. F. Cook in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30 (1941) 61, in obs.

Siphonia Ridleyana:

O. F. Cook in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30 (1941) 46, 61 in obs.

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Previous contributions in this series (Studies in the genus Hevea I-VII) were published inBotanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University.

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Schuttes, R.E. Studies in the GenusHevea. VIII. Notes on infraspecific variants ofHevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae). Econ Bot 41, 125–147 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858960

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