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Short communication

Rehabilitation of the South American genus Ochetophila Poepp. ex Endl. (Rhamnaceae: Colletieae)

J. Kellermann

School of Botany
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia
Present address: National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia.
juergen.kellermann@rbg.vic.gov.au

D. Medan

Cátedra de Botánica
Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires
Av. San Martín 4453
1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina

L. Aagesen

Instituto de Botánica Darwinion
C. C. 22
1642 San Isidro, Argentina

H. H. Hilger

Institut für Biologie
Systematische Botanik und Pflanzengeographie
Freie Universität Berlin
Altensteinstr. 6
14195 Berlin, Germany

Abstract  Recent molecular and morphological analyses show that Discaria is polyphyletic and consists of two separate clades, Discaria sens. str. and a clade of two species from Chile and Argentina: D. trinervis and D. nana. The genus Ochetophila is here reinstated to accommodate these two species. A revised synonymy is presented, and a new combination is provided for O. nana.

Keywords  Rhamnaceae; Colletieae; Discaria; Ochetophila; O. trinervis; O. nana; South America; Argentina; Chile; nomenclature

B05007; Received 14 February 2005; accepted 1 August 2005; Online publication date 15 December 2005
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2005, Vol. 43: 865–869
0028–825X/05/4304–0865 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005

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