A Review of the Aroid Tribe Caladieae with the Description of Three New Species of Caladium and Seven New Species of Syngonium (Araceae)

Thomas B. Croat; Xavier Delannay; Orlando O. Ortiz; Pedro Diaz Jiménez

doi:10.3417/2018283

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15 March 2019 A Review of the Aroid Tribe Caladieae with the Description of Three New Species of Caladium and Seven New Species of Syngonium (Araceae)

Thomas B. Croat, Xavier Delannay, Orlando O. Ortiz, Pedro Diaz Jiménez

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Novon: A J. for Botanical Nomenclature, 27(1):38-64 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3417/2018283

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A review of the aroid tribe Caladieae is presented, and three new species of Caladium Vent. and seven new species of Syngonium Schott are described and illustrated. Two species, C. picturatum K. Koch & C. D. Bouché and C. steudnerifolium Engl., previously considered to be synonymous with C. bicolor (Aiton) Vent., are fully redescribed. New species of Caladium are C. cortesae Croat & E. G. Gonç., C. palaciosii Croat & L. P. Hannon, and C. stevensonii Croat & Delannay. New species of Syngonium are S. adsettiorum Croat, O. Ortiz & J. S. Harrison, S. bastimentoense O. Ortiz & Croat, S. brewsterense Croat & Delannay, S. churchillii Croat & O. Ortiz, S. litense Croat, S. purpureospathum Croat & Raz, and S. tacotalpense Díaz-Jiménez & Croat. Syngonium yurimaguense Engl. is also reported for the first time outside the Amazon Basin.

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Thomas B. Croat, Xavier Delannay, Orlando O. Ortiz, and Pedro Diaz Jiménez "A Review of the Aroid Tribe Caladieae with the Description of Three New Species of Caladium and Seven New Species of Syngonium (Araceae)," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 27(1), 38-64, (15 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.3417/2018283

Published: 15 March 2019

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