A revision of Emphasis Type="Italic"Agrimonia/E

Authors: Genevieve J Kline Paul D Sørensen

Publish Date: 2008/05/11

Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-33

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Abstract

We conducted a morphological study of the Agrimonia species of North and Central America to clarify species limits and facilitate identification We recognize eight species A parviflora A incisa A microcarpa A pubescens A rostellata A gryposepala A pringlei and A striata A key for identification as well as descriptions of the recognized taxa with a discussion of the nomenclature and discriminating morphological characters are presented Lectotypes are designated for A parviflora A suaveolens A serrifolia A incisa A pumila A parviflora DC non Aiton A eupatoria δ parviflora and A striata A lectotype and an epitype are designated for A platycarpa A neotype is designated for A rostellataHemos llevado a cabo un estudio morfológico de las especies del género Agrimonia Rosaceae en Norte y Centroamérica con el fin de clarificar los límites entre especies y de facilitar la identificación Nosotros reconocemos 8 especies A parviflora A incisa A microcarpa A pubescens A rostellata A gryposepala A pringlei y A striata Se presenta una clave para la identificación como también descripciones de los taxa reconocidos con una discusión de la nomenclatura y caracteres morfológicos discriminantes Se designa un lectotipo para A parviflora A suaveolens A serrifolia A incisa A pumila A parviflora DC non Aiton A eupatoria δ parviflora y A striata Se designa un lectotipo y un epitipo para A platycarpa Se designa un neotipo para A rostellataWe wish to thank the curators of the following herbaria for their assistance with loans and in some cases their hospitality during G Kline’s visits A APCR ARIZ AUA BM BREM BUPL CAN CAS CM CHS CHSC DUKE EIU ENCB F FSU GDC GA GH HAL HNH ILL ILLS ISM K KANU LAF LSU LSUS MAINE MEXU MICH MIN MISS MO MOR MT NCU ND NEBC NLU NO NY NYS OCLA OS PMICH PH PR PRC RSA SBBG SD SDSU SIU SMU TEX TRT UBC UC UCR UMO UNA US USCH VDB VT W WARK WMI WIS and Z Curators at B BR C CGG GOET JE KIEL and L kindly searched for original material for us We particularly thank curators at G P PH PR PRC and W for sending us digital photographs of type specimens C Aupic at P P Triskova at PRC and A Farjon at K kindly provided additional information on type specimens or type sheets E Wood at Harvard University Herbaria has generously assisted with information and a type photocopy S Cafferty and C Jarvis at BM confirmed Solander’s handwriting on the lectotype of Agrimonia parviflora and assisted in confirming the collection as original material John Wiersma provided needed advice on a nomenclatural issue We thank T Gaither L Gawin K Gregg N Naruhashi S Leonard L Magrath J Pringle S Rumyantsev C Sweeney and W Weber for the seeds and plants sent to us G Kline has been generously assisted in the field by C Hansen S Leonard and C Morton We thank M A Previtali and J Bacon for the Spanish abstract translation We appreciate the excellent production of the illustrations by Barbara Ball Lawrence Kelly James Macklin and another reviewer greatly improved this paper with their suggestions and criticisms

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