Abstract
The diversity of Rubus in South America is much understudied and a taxonomic framework needs to be established as a basis for future revisionary and phylogenetic work. Our review identified 110 names based on South American specimens which were published since 1767. Each name was then classified according to its botanical description and type material. Additionally, where necessary, we suggest appropriate lecto-, neo-, or epitypes. A comprehensive list of synonyms is provided and representative herbarium specimens for each country are cited to tentatively document geographical range. In total, we accept 46 species of Rubus recorded across South America, propose 19 new synonyms, restore R. organensis, previously a synonym of R. brasiliensis, provide a replacement name for the latter, and include new country records of R. azuayensis, R. laegaardii and R. rusbyi. This checklist serves as an essential starting point for future monographic and evolutionary studies on Rubus in South America.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 75-110 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | PhytoKeys |
| Volume | 247 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© David A. Espinel Ortiz et al. This is an open access article distributed under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution 4.0 International – CC BY 4.0).
Funding
We thank the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for funding this research under the Research Grants – Doctoral Programmes in Germany 2023/24, awarded to David A. Espinel Ortiz. Ministerio de Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica (MAATE) for the research permit MAAE-DBI-CM–2021–0171. Special thanks to Norbert Holstein (BM), Jacek Wajer (BM), Thomas Joßberger (BONN), Rocío Deanna (CORD), Jimena Ponce (CORD), Manuel Marca (CUZ), Lauren Boyle (MO), Patrik Frödén (LD), Ivan Tatanov (LE), Dorofeyev Vladimir (LE), Priscilla Muriel (QCA), Mayra Nacimba (QCA), Carolina Parreño (QCA), Manuela Ormaza (QCA), Julio Torres (USM) and Andreas Berger (W) for their help in handling and processing type material from recent collections, as well as the never-ending process of digitasing specimens for this revision. We are grateful to Gerald Parolly (B), Juraj Paule (B), Gustavo Iberico (CPUN), Juan Montoya (CPUN), María Ochoa (CUZ), Raffaella Ansaloni (HA), Danilo Minga (HA), Marcus Lehnert (HAL), Erik Rodríguez (HUT), Nora Oleas (HUTI), Leopoldo Medina (MA), Eva García Ibáñez (MA), Alberto Herrero Nieto (MA), Carlos Cerón (Q, QAP), Consuelo Montalvo (Q), Carmita Reyes (QAP), Marcia Peñafiel (QCNE), Iván Lucero, S.J. (QPLS), Pablo Rosero (QPLS), Asunción Cano (USM), Reto Nyf-feler (Z) and Rafael Trevisan for access to their collections and databases. We would also like to thank the curators of herbaria AAU, ASU, B, BR, COL, E, F, FURB, G, GH, GOET, HAL, K, L, LINN, LOJA, M, MBM, MICH, MPU, NY, P, PH, PRC, PUL, S, SPF, TEX, U, US, WU, Z for their work of digitalizing the material in their respective herbarium. We would also like to acknowledge Alexander Sennikov for all the comments and suggestions that greatly improved this manuscript.
Keywords
- Amazonia
- Andes
- Rubeae
- synonymy
- taxonomy
- typification