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Studies in tropical American Leguminosae—IX

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Eleven new species of mostly caesalpinioid legumes are described:Dicymbe paruensis, Eperua praesagata, Jacqueshuberia loretensis, Macrolobium defloccatum, M. hartshornii, M. schinifolium, Swartzia acreana, S. aureosericea, S. bahiensis, S. bombycina, andS. oriximinaensis. In addition, a note is provided onPaloveopsis emarginata.

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  1. Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, 20560, Washington, DC

    Richard S. Cowan

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Cowan, R.S. Studies in tropical American Leguminosae—IX. Brittonia 37, 291–304 (1985). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806078

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