Taxonomical and distributional notes on Polylepis (Rosaceae)

Abstract

Polylepis pacensis M. Kessler & Schmidt-Leb. spec. nov. is described; P. flavipila (Bitter) M. Kessler & Schmidt-Leb., P. incarum (Bitter) M. Kessler & Schmidt-Leb., P. lanata (Kuntze) M. Kessler & Schmidt-Leb., and P. subtusalbida (Bitter) M. Kessler & Schmidt-Leb. are elevated from subspecies or varietal to species rank; P. triacontandra Bitter is reinstated as a species. The accompanying Electronic Supplement provides an updated key to species in Polylepis, and reports extensions to the known distribution ranges of three additional species of the genus. (c) 2005 Gesellschaft fur Biologische Systematik. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.