Overview
- Written by the world authority on the genus Diplusodon
- 104 species of Diplusodon, the second largest genus of Lythraceae, and their keys, are recognized in this book
- Includes over 100 black and white illustrations and four color plates
Part of the book series: Flora Neotropica (FN, volume 122)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume is a monograph of the genus Diplusodon (Lythraceae), written by the world authority on this plant group. Diplusodon is a monophyletic genus of shrubs and subshrubs, with showy, 6-merous, actinomorphic flowers, and floral tubes on which the sepals alternate with conspicuous epicalyx segments. The capsular fruit contains winged seeds and, uniquely for the family, is divided by a bipartite placenta with two semi-lunate septa. Diplusodon is the second largest genus in the Lythraceae and occurs mostly in the Cerrado Biome, the floristically diverse savannah that covers more than two million km2 of the Central Brazilian Plateau, extending west into Bolivia, south to Paraguay and east to the Caatinga. A total of 104 species and eight varieties are recognized in the genus, for which 46 lectotypes, one neotype, one new status and one new combination are designated, nine new species are described, and 15 taxaare placed in synonymy. New information on floral and vegetative morphology, pollen, cytology, chemistry, floral biology, and habitat are provided for the genus. In addition, keys to the species are accompanied by descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and assignment of conservation status.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal
Brasilia, Brazil
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Genus Diplusodon (Lythraceae)
Authors: Taciana Barbosa Cavalcanti
Series Title: Flora Neotropica
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65875-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65874-8Published: 08 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65877-9Published: 09 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65875-5Published: 06 March 2022
Series ISSN: 0071-5794
Series E-ISSN: 2330-202X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 516
Number of Illustrations: 155 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Ecology