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Molecular phylogenetics and morphological diversity in Cipura (Iridoideae, Iridaceae): species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the genus, with the description of two new species
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- 1. Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil & Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Écologie Société et Évolution, 91190, Gif sur Yvette, France
- 2. Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- 3. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil
- 4. Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil & Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, UA, Paris, France
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Chauveau, Olivier, Báez-Lizarazo, Mabel R., Aguiar, Antonio J.C., Stiehl-Alves, Eudes M., Souza-Chies, Tatiana T., Eggers, Lilian (2025): Molecular phylogenetics and morphological diversity in Cipura (Iridoideae, Iridaceae): species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the genus, with the description of two new species. Phytotaxa 734 (2): 121-159, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.1
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