The genus Hexopetion Burret (Arecaceae)

Authors

  • Jean-Christophe Pintaud IRD, UMR DIA-PC/DYNADIV, Laboratoire Genetrop, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
  • Betty Millán Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima – Perú. Avda. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú
  • Francis Kahn IRD, UMR188-DIAPC, DYNADIV, Casilla 18-1209, Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v15i3.2935

Keywords:

Arecaceae, Hexopetion, new combination, reinstated genus.

Abstract

The genus Hexopetion was described by Burret to accommodate a single species, H. mexicanum. We reinstate the genus on the basis of morphological and anatomical data, and enlarge it to include a second species, Astrocaryum alatum, for which a new combination is made.

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Published

11/28/2008

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2008)

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Pintaud, Jean-Christophe, Betty Millán, and Francis Kahn. 2008. “The Genus Hexopetion Burret (Arecaceae)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 15 (3): 049-054. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v15i3.2935.