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Evaluating the taxonomic identity of two species of papaya relatives: Vasconcellea lanceolata and Vasconcellea quercifolia (Caricaceae)

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  • 1. Unidad de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru & Laboratorio de Florística, Departamento de Dicotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Av. Arenales 1256, Lima, Peru
  • 2. Laboratorio de Florística, Departamento de Dicotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Av. Arenales 1256, Lima, Peru & Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Biológicas Antonio Raimondi (ICBAR), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, (UNMSM), Calle Germán Amézaga 375, Lima 1, Peru
  • 3. Laboratorio de Ecología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru & Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Biológicas Antonio Raimondi (ICBAR), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, (UNMSM), Calle Germán Amézaga 375, Lima 1, Peru
  • 4. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Iraola-Linares, Valeria, Roque, José, Evangelista-Vargas, Diego, Cano, Asunción, Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes (2025): Evaluating the taxonomic identity of two species of papaya relatives: Vasconcellea lanceolata and Vasconcellea quercifolia (Caricaceae). Phytotaxa 728 (2): 125-140, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.728.2.3

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