Nellica liebmanniana (Müll.Arg.) R.W. Bouman subsp. platylepis (Small) G.A. Levin & Weakley, 2023
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Nellica liebmanniana (Müll.Arg.) R.W. Bouman subsp. platylepis (Small) G.A. Levin & Weakley |
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Nellica liebmanniana (Müll.Arg.) R.W. Bouman subsp. platylepis (Small) G.A. Levin & Weakley , comb. nov. BASIONYM: Phyllanthus platylepis Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. ed. 2, 1347, 1375. 1913. Phyllanthus liebmannianus subsp. platylepis (Small) G.L. Webster, Brittonia View in CoL 22:57. 1970. TYPE: U.S. A. FLORIDA. [Levy Co.]: Rosewood, Jun 1876, A.P. Garber s.n. (HOLOTYPE: NY NY00273014,internet image!; ISOTYPES: F F0056961,internet image!, US US 00109722,internet image!).
Subspecies platylepis is endemic to the Florida Gulf Coast in Dixie, Lafayette, Levy, and Taylor counties, while subsp. liebmanniana is found in eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas south to Chiapas and east to Quintana Roo), Belize, and Guatemala. They are very similar, differing primarily in growth form, with subsp. liebmannianus usually having solitary main stems and subsp. platylepis having clustered stems ( Webster 1970).
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Nellica liebmanniana (Müll.Arg.) R.W. Bouman subsp. platylepis (Small) G.A. Levin & Weakley
| Weakley, Alan S., Kees, John C., Sorrie, Bruce A., Ward, Scott G., Poindexter, Derick B., Brock, Mason, Estes, L. Dwayne, Bridges, Edwin L., Orzell, Steve L., Levin, Geoffrey A., McClelland, R. Kevan Schoonover, Schmidt, Ryan J. & Namestnik, Scott A. 2023 |
Phyllanthus liebmannianus subsp. platylepis (Small) G.L. Webster, Brittonia
| G. L. Webster 1970: 57 |