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Generic limits re-visited and an updated sectional classification for Protium (tribe Protieae). Studies in Neotropical Burseraceae XXV

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In recent molecular phylogenetic work on tribe Protieae (Burseraceae) with thorough sampling, the major well-supported clades show remarkable congruence with infrageneric classifications based on morphology, but the results call for synonymizing Crepidospermum and Tetragastris with Protium, thereby making Protieae monophyletic and monogeneric under the name Protium. The necessary synonymies and a brief diagnosis for each of the eight sections of Protium are provided, and these new combinations are made: Protium balsamiferum, P. catuaba, P. chagrense, P. herbertii, P. mucronatum, P. occhionii, and P. rhynchophyllum.

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The authors acknowledge NSF award 0918600/0919567.

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    Douglas C. Daly

  2. Department of Integrative Biology and University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3140, USA

    Paul V. A. Fine

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Appendix 1.

Appendix 1.

Sectional placements of the species of Protium. Numbers following species names indicate the following sections: 1. Protium section Protium Burm.f.; 2. Protium section Crepidospermum (Hook.f.) Daly & P. Fine; 3. Protium section Icica (Aubl.) Swart; 4. Protium section Icicopsis (Engl.) Swart; 5. Protium section Marignia (Comm. ex Kunth) Hook.f.; 6. Protium section Papilloprotium Daly & P. Fine; 7. Protium section Pepeanthos Daly; 8. Protium section Sarcoprotium Daly; 9. Protium section Tetragastris (Gaertn.) Daly & P. Fine.

Protium aguilarii D. Santam. (3), P. aidanianum Daly (3), P. altsonii Sandwith (3), Protium altissimum (Aublet) Marchand (9), Protium alvarezianum Daly & P. Fine (6), P. amazonicum (Cuatrec.) Daly (7), P. amplum Cuatrec. (3), P. angustifolium Swart (3), P. apiculatum Swart (7), P. aracouchini (Aubl.) Marchand (3), P. araguense Cuatrec. (3), P. atlanticum (Daly) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. attenuatum (Rose) Urb. (3), P. bahianum Daly (3), P. balsamiferum (Sw.) Daly & P. Fine (9), P. boomii Daly (3), P. brasiliense (Spreng.) Engl. (3), P. brenesii (Standl.) D. Santam. (3), P. balsamiferum (Sw.) Daly & P. Fine (9), P. breviacuminatum (Swart) Byng & Christenh. (9), P. buenaventurense Cuatrec. (3), P. calanense Cuatrec. (3), P. carolense Daly (3), P. carnosum A.C. Sm. (8), P. catuaba (Soares da Cunha) Daly & P. Fine (9), Protium chagrense (Pittier) Daly & P. Fine (4), P. colombianum Cuatrec. (3), P. confusum (Rose) Pittier (3), P. connarifolium (Perk.) Merr. (1), P. copal (Schtldl. & Cham.) Engl. (3), P. correae D.M. Porter (3), P. costaricense (Rose) Engl. (3), P. cranipyrenum Cuatrec. (3), P. calendulinum Daly (7), P. crassipetalum Cuatrec. (8), P. crenatum Sandwith (3), P. cubense (Rose) Urb. (3), P. cundinamarcense Cuatrec. (3), P. cuneatum Swart (3), P. cuneifolium (Cuatrec.) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. dawsonii Cuatrec. (3), P. decandrum (Aubl.) Marchand (3), P. demerarense Swart (3), P. divaricatum Engl. (3), P. ecuadorense Benoist (3), P. elegans Engl. (3), P. ferrugineum (Engl.) Engl. (6), P. fragrans (Rose) Urb. (4), P. gallicum Daly (3), P. gallosum Daly (7), P. giganteum Engl. (3), P. glabrescens Swart (3), P. glabrum (Rose) Engl. (3), P. glaucescens Urb. (3), P. glaucum J.F. Macbr. (3), P. glaziovii Swart (3), P. glomerulosum Cuatrec. (3), P. goudotianum (Tul.) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. grandifolium Engl. (3), P. guacayanum Cuatrec. (3), P. guianense (Aubl.) Marchand (3), P. hammelii D. Santam. (3), P. hebetatum Daly (3), P. heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand (3), P. herbertii (Cuatrec.) Daly & P. Fine (4), P. icicariba (DC.) Marchand (3), P. inconforme Pittier (3), P. inodorum Daly (3), P. insigne (Triana & Planch.) Engl. (4), P. javanicum Burm.f. (1), P. kleinii Cuatrec. (3), P. klugii J.F. Macbr. (3), P. krukovii Swart (3), P. laxiflorum Engl. (3), P. leptostachyum Cuatrec. (3), P. llanorum Cuatrec. (3), P. macgregorii (F.M. Bailey) Leenh. & Steenis (1), P. macrocarpum Cuatrec. (8), P. macrophyllum (Kunth) Engl. (3), P. macrosepalum Swart (3), Protium madagascariense Engl. (5), P. maestrense Bisse (3), P. mcleodii I.M. Johnst. (4), P. melinonis Engl. (3), P. meridionale Swart (3), P. minutiflorum Cuatrec. (7), P. montanum Swart (3), P. morii Daly (3), P. mucronatum Rusby (9), P. multijugum (Swart) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. multiramiflorum Lundell (3), P. neglectum Swart (4), P. nervosum Cuatrec. (3), P. nitidifolium (Cuatrec.) Daly (7), P. nodulosum Swart (3), P. occultum Daly (3), P. obtusifolium (Lam.) Marchand (6), P. occhionii Rizzini (9), P. opacum Swart (3), P. ovatum Engl. (3), P. pallidum Daly (3), P. panamense (Rose) I.M. Johnst. (3), P. paniculatum Engl. (3), P. pecuniosum Daly (7), P. pedicellatum Swart (8), P. peruvianum Swart (3), P. picramnioides Byng & Christenh. (9), P. pilosellum Swart (3), P. pilosissimum Engl. (3), P. pilosum (Cuatrec.) Daly (3), P. pittieri (Rose) Engl. (3), P. plagiocarpium Benoist (8), P. poeppigianum Swart (3), P. polybotryum (Turcz.) Engl. (8), P. prancei (Daly) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. pristifolium Daly (6), P. puncticulatum J.F. Macbr. (3), P. reticulatum (Engl.) Engl. (6), P. retusum Daly (7), P. rhoifolium (Benth.) Byng & Christenh. (2), P. rhynchophyllum (Rusby) Daly & P. Fine (4), P. rubrum Cuatrec. (8), P. ravenii D.M. Porter (3), P. robustum (Swart) D.M. Porter (4), P. rubrum Cuatrec. (8), P. sagotianum Marchand (4), P. serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (1), P. sessiliflorum (Rose) Standl. (4), P. spruceanum (Benth.) Engl. (3), P. strumosum Daly (3), P. subserratum (Engl.) Engl. (6), P. surinamense Byng & Christenh. (9), P. tenuifolium (Engl.) Engl. (4), P. tonyanum Daly (8), P. tovarense Pittier (3), P. trifoliolatum Engl. (3), P. unifoliolatum Engl. (3), P. urophyllidium Daly (7), P. varians (Little) Byng & Christenh. (9), P. veneralense Cuatrec. (3), P. vestitum (Cuatrec.) Daly (3), P. warmingianum Marchand (4), P. widgrenii Engl. (3).

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Daly, D.C., Fine, P.V.A. Generic limits re-visited and an updated sectional classification for Protium (tribe Protieae). Studies in Neotropical Burseraceae XXV. Brittonia 70, 418–426 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9533-5

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