NEW RECORDS AND NOTES ON SPECIES FROM PARC NATIONAL PIC MACAYA, MASSIF DE LA HOTTE, HAITI, INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES OF PILEA (URTICACEAE)

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by  Lucas C Majure

I
NEW
AND ON FROM
RECORDS NOTES PARC NATIONAL
SPECIES
MACAYA, MASSIF DE LA HOTTE, INCLUDING
PIC HAITI,
NEW
A OF
(URTICACEAE)
SPECIES PILEA
Gretchen M.
lonta 1
Department ofBiology Department ofBiology
University ofFlorida University ofFlorida
USA.
32611 326
Gainesville, Florida -8525, U.S.A Gainesville, Florida 1-8525,
1
[email protected]
Department ofBiology Department ofBiology
Albion College University ofFlorida
326 1-8525
Albion, Michigan 49224, US.* Gainesville, Florida
1 ,
nuevas de flora de la Reserva Bi6sfera Macaya (incluyendo Pan
:ies
como
La endtoica de La Espaiiola, Cyperus picardae, es reportada
s.
:eae), del Massif de la Hotte, se describe e ilustra.
km
Parc National Pic Macaya located near Ville Formon in the Massif de la Hotte, ca. 36 northwest of Les
is
Cayes, Haiti, encompassing ca. 2000 hectares (Judd 1987; Woods et al. 1992). The flora, plant communities,
land-use and history of biological exploration in the region are outlined in Judd (1987), Judd et al.
patterns,
Woods and The
(1990, Woods and Ottenwalder (1992), et al. (1992), Sergile et al. (1992). majority of
1998),
remaining undegraded natural forest lies within the boundaries of Parc National Pic Macaya and the
Haiti’s
country’s other national park, Parc National Morne La Visite, in southeast Haiti. Parc National Pic Macaya
(Woods Rimmer Huber and
provides refuge for numerous endemic species et al. 1992, et al. 2005, et al. 2010),
(Woods
region of the Plain of Les Cayes to the south et 1992). In 1987
the watershed the agricultural al.
is for
16,000 hectare Pic Macaya Biosphere Reserve, with the goal of
the government of Haiti established the ca.
and the biologically diverse forests of Pic Macaya National Park while fostering sus-
protecting rehabilitating
map
Ma-
surrounding buffer zone (Sergile et 1992). For a of Parc National Pic
tainable development of the al.
caya, see Judd (1987).
Below we newly documented as occurring in Parc National Pic Macaya, along with previously
species
list
documented which we provide additional information based on recent observations. Most of these
species for
records are based on collections made by the first three authors (L.C. Majure, G.M. Ionta, and J.D. Skean, Jr.)
during work in the region in January, 2013. However, a few species are listed based on reconsideration of
field
made by Skean or W.S. Judd. The taxa are listed in alphabetical order by family with
earlier collections J.D.
A
format ofJudd et (1990, 1998). complete set of voucher specimens is deposited at the
entries following the al.
682
A
herbarium made
of the University of Florida, Gainesville (FLAS). second set comprised of the collections in
2013 is deposited with William Cinea at the American University of Les Cayes, and additional duplicates will
be Taxa endemic
distributed. to Hispaniola (*) or the Massif de la Hotte are indicated.
(+)
* Mikania
polychaeta
Urb.; vine, occasional; opening in forest dominated by Pinus occidentals Sw., associated
&
with
Gleichenia sp., Miconia subcompressa Urb., M. umbellata (Mill.) Judd Ionta, Piper Renealmiajamai-
sp.,
censis (Gaertn.) Horaninow, and Rhytidophyllum auriculatum Hook., 1466 m. This species a new record
is for
Parc National Pic Macaya.
Begoniaceae
&
* Begonia
bolleana Urb. Ekman; uncommon; bwa
cf. herb, disturbed rak moist broadleaved over
(i.e., forest
&
karstic limestone) in mostly cleared forest, associated with Miconia navifolia Ionta, Judd, Skean, 900 m.
ca.
new
This
species is a record for the Macaya Biosphere
Reserve.
* Cyperus
picardae
Boeck. var. brevinux Kuk.; herb, uncommon; growing
out of heavy,
disturbed, limestone
&
soils, in cleared forest, associated with Badris plumeriana
Mart., Bunchosia
haitiensis Urb. Niedz., Calycogo-
&
&
nium
hispidulum Cogn., Miconia Ekman)
curvipila (Urb.
Ionta, Judd, Skean, Miconia
laevigata DC.,
(L.)
M
ecranium
multiflorum Neea
(Desr.) Triana, demissa
Heimerl, Smilax
havanensis and
Tabebuia
Jacq., berteri
(DC.) 728 m. Although
Britt., C. picardae var. brevinux was
collected outside of the Parc National Macaya,
Pic
was known
this species previously only from
the Massif de
la Selle in eastern
This
Haiti. collection represents
a significant range extension of the species to the west and
the
first collection of the species from the Massif de
la Hotte.
r
Rh
* hOSP°ra d°min8enSiS Urb uncommon
herb
moist, rich slopes in heavy
’ ’ soils of cloud forest domi-
;
nated by &
Pinus ocadentahs,
Alsophyllus
Brunellia Humb.
sp., comocladifolia
and
Bonpl., Cyathea
sp., also as-
&
sociated with Mecranium &
microdyctium Ekman,
Urb.
Miconia
xenotricha Urb. Ekman, and
Rhynchospora
^
” Mk
”
V ekm
“n " <Urb
1878
ThiS
SpeC
') eS a
-’ ls
' National Pic
Mome
a, S slopes of Formon, 18.35160°N,
Urb.; small m,
iii tree 2.5 rare, a single
sterile indiv
in rak bwa; 998 m.
This
spe-
1;
xtremely
disturbed area growing
in patches
of
with
forest
niicium
< hottense
l
Guerrero, JuddSr B
A. Morris, Meriania
brevipcduncutoojudd
Sr Skean,
Miconia S
(Sagraea) polychaelc (Urb
Ekman)
Ionta, Judd, Sr Skean, M. pyramMis
(Desr.) DC., and M.
subcompressa
This
collection
is
for Parc National Pic Macaya.
^
**
S “
l^.OOigi^^Z.D.
terfall, 18.32931°N,
&
+ Calycogonium
fonnonense
Judd, Skean
Clase; shrub m,
to 1.5
rare; in rak bwa,
see Judd
e
of 950-1200
list associates, m.
Specimens
initially identified and
reported by
Judd
(1978) as
C. calycopteris
cf.
New
Majure et al.. records from Parc National Pic Macaya 683
and
(Rich.) Urb. later as C. hispidulum (Judd et al. 1998) were later recognized as representing a new species, C.
formonense, which is endemic to the Massif de la Hotte, and likely to the Macaya Biosphere Reserve (seeJudd et
al. 2008). Calycogonium is polyphyletic (Michelangeli et 2008) and this species (along with
al. its relatives) is
being
transferred to Miconia (Judd et in press).
al.,
Voucher specimens: seeJudd et (2008).
al.
& m
+ Henriettea hotteana Ekman)
(Urb. Alain; shrub ca. 2 tall, rare, mixed pine/cloud forest with Arthrostyl-
&
&
idium haitiense (Pilger) Hitchc. Chase, Calyptranthes hotteana Urb. Ekman, Alsophila Weinmannia
sp.,
pinnata Phoradendron 2219 m. This new
L., sp., species is a record for Parc National Pic Macaya.
74.02687°W, G.M. lonta 2031 (FLAS, NY).
m
Mecranium
+ uncommon,
sp.; or small tree to 4.5 tall in rak bwa, 979-1188 m. This entity, previously
known
from a single earlier collection, Skean 2093 (FLAS, US), was considered by Skean be
i.e., S, (1993) to
IJ,
&
a putative hybrid between Mecranium haitiense Urb. and M. revolutum Skean Judd. Our additional
collections
indicate that this entity is much more widespread in the Formon region than previously thought, and may
it
in areas where M. haitiense and
1
The commonly
Lon. plants have red, scurfy abrasions apparently caused by some type of
Dan
pathogen; the material currently under study by Skean,
is
Jr.
J.
W
74.00317°W, 14Jan 2013, G.M. lonta 2046 (FLAS); Bwa Deron, ofVille Formon, grow-
Mome
ing out of rak bwa, 18.32648°N, 74.020090°W, 14Jan 2013, L.C. Majure 4312 (FLAS); Bwa Formon, S of Formon, along road from Sou
Bwa
to Ville Formon, karst hills, 18.31878°N, 74.00922°W, 8Jan 2013J.D. Skean, 5037 (FLAS, NY); near the crest along the Sou Bwa-Ville
Jr.
Formon km
road, 18.31334°N, 74.01174°WJ.D. Skean, Jr. 5039 (FLAS, NY); S edge of Ravine Seche above region called Ravine Casco ca. 0.5
uphill from the waterfall, 18.33519°N, 74.01248°W, 9Jan 2013, Skean, 5043 (FLAS, NY).
J.D.
Jr.
m
+ Meriania ekmanii Urb.; large shrub to 4.5 tall, occasional; rak bwa in moist, broadleaf forest or cloud for-
dominated by and
est Pirns occidentals Sw., Gleichenia bifida (Willd.) Spreng., G. revoluta H.B.K., associated
&
with Alsophila Blechnum Brunellia comocladifolia Bonpl., Didymopanax tremulum Krug and
sp., sp., Urb.,
new
Weinmannia pinnata L. 1 170-1885 m. This species is a record for Parc National Pic Macaya and was previ-
;
known
ously only from the type specimen.
Pic Macaya and at the base of trail leading to Pic Macaya, 18.379223°N, 7
Le CM, 18.35512°N, 74.01967°W 12Jan 2013J.D. Skean, 5054 (FLAS); ra
Jr.
Nov
Plain, 14 W.S. Judd5852 (FLAS).
1989,
“
+ Miconia This taxon was erroneously reported in Judd (1987) as Pachyanthus hotteana an unpublished
sp. ,”
name, based on the collectionsJudd 3939 and Skean 2080. It was recollected Ionta2023 FLAS) on our 2013 trip
(
,
and
under
currently
is study.
&
n ViUe Formon Sou Bwa), Jan 1987, Skean, 2080 (FLAS).
1 J.D. Jr.
&
+ Miconia barkeri Urb. Ekman. While preparing specimens of this species (of sect. Chaenopleura; see Judd
2007) during the January 2013 collecting trip, a distinct odor of cinnamon emanating from the leaves and
in-
We
florescences was noted during the drying process. subsequently detected a faint cinnamon odor on
previ-
housed FLAS. Thus we
ously collected herbarium material of this species at report this curious finding, which
has not been previously noted.

New
Majure et al., records from Parc National Pic Macaya 685
&
+ Miconia cordieri Ionta Judd; shrub to 1.5 m, uncommon; in disturbed rak bwa, 950-1200 m. This
re-
cently described species (of sect. Sagraea; see Ionta et al. 2012) is endemic to the Macaya Biosphere Reserve
& &
Judd was by Ekman
(Ionta 2012). It initiaUy reported Judd (1987) as Ossaea curvipila Urb. (based on WJ.
Judd 3469).
&
m, 23 Jan 1984, W.S.Judd D. Dod 3469 (FLAS, EHH, NY); between Ville Formon and “Experiment Station” on Deron Plain, 1170-1190 m,
Nov
14 1989, W.S.Judd 5859 (FLAS, 2 sheets).
& &
+ Miconia curvipila (Urb. Ekman) Ionta, Judd, Skean; shrub to 1.5 m, common; in disturbed rak bwa,
915-1000 m. The was upon
report of this species based the specimenJudd 3469, which actually represents M.
although Skean 1320 specimen which was
cordieri, (see cited below), actually represents this species,
initially
&
now
reported as Ossaea setulosa Urb., Miconia rubrisetulosa Ionta, Judd Skean (Ionta et 2012; Judd 1987).
al.
and Ville Formon. 950 m, 9Jun 1993, W.S.Judd 6892 (EHH, FLAS); Macaya Biosphere Reserve, Bwa Formon, disturbed “rak bwa” and
fields
SW
km
ca. 2 of home of Robert and Tila Despagne, our base camp at Ville Formon, 915-945 m, 4Jan 1984 Skean 1320 (EHH, FLAS); Bwa
,J.D.
&
Formon, karst hills ca. 1 mi S of Ville Formon, 950-1000 m, J.D. Skean C. McMullen 2465 (FLAS, MICH); Between Sou Bwa and Les
Jr.
Platons, karst hills, 18°17'19.9"N, 73°59'28.1"W, 7 Jan 2013, G.M. I<mta20l2 (FLAS, NY); Soulet, Between Sou Bwa and Les Platons, karst
hills (disturbed rak bwa), 18.29623°N, 73.99812°W, 15Jan 2013, G.M. Ionta2050 (FLAS, NY); Macaya Biosphere Reserve, Soulet, karst hills
&
Miconia hottensis Ionta, Judd Skean; shrub to 3 m, occasional; in disturbed rak bwa, 1100-1200 m. This
4-
species (of sect. Sagraea), endemic to the Macaya Biosphere Reserve, was recently described by Ionta et
al.
known
(2012). Until our recent collections, was from only two collections.
it
&
1100-1200 m, 13 Aug 1989J.D. Skean, C. McMullen 2557 (FLAS, JBSD, MICH, NY, S); Soulet, between Sou Bwa and Les Platons, karst
Jr.
hills (disturbed rak bwa), 18.29623°N, 73.99812°W, 15 Jan 2013, G.M. Ionta 2052 (FLAS, NY).
& m
+ Miconia navifolia Judd Skean; shrub to 2 occasional; in disturbed rak bwa, 1100-1200 m.
Ionta, tall,
This an endemic the Macaya Biosphere Reserve and was only recently described
species Sagraea) to
(of sect. is
known
was from two
(Ionta et 2012). Until our recent collections, it only collections.
al.
& m
&
+ Miconia Ekman) Judd Skean (see Ionta et 2012); shrub to uncom-
polychaete (Urb. Ionta, al. 1 tall,
new
Macaya
mon; in disturbed rak bwa, 1017-1100 m. This species (of sect. Sagraea) is a record for the Bio-
sphere Reserve and previously was known only from the type specimen. Associated taxa include Andropogon
&
Lantana Meriania brevipedunculata Judd Skean, Miconia
bicomis L., Cestrum bicolor Urb., Gleichenia sp., sp.,
and
Paspalum Smilax havanensis, Tabebuia berteri, Vernonia
M. Ocotea sp.,
pyramidalis, subcompressa, sp.,
saepium Ekm.
Myrtaceae
m
uncommon,
3 with purple-black fruits, 1185 m.
+ Calyptrogenia ekmanii (Urb.) Burret; small tree to tall
Macaya.
This new Parc National Pic
species a record for
is
&
m
+ Hottea torbeciana Ekman;
Urb. shrub, to 2 1200 m. This new
ca. species a record
i, is
for Parc National Pic Macaya.
Poaceae
Dichanthelium dichotomum
aff. (L.) Gould; herb, rare; forming small colonies in disturbed limestone
soils
(from M
landslide) along the edge of dominated by
forest Pirns occidental and associated with
is, iconic umbel-
lata, Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm., 1466 m. Dichanthelium was
not previously recorded for Parc National Pic
Macaya. This
collection is not typical of D. dichotomum due
to densely pubescent and
its leaf surfaces sheaths,
small leaves (0.7-1.5 x 0.09-0.27 cm), lack of a basal rosette and spreading, growth
colonial form.
Polygalaceae
* Badiera
subrhombifolia
Abbott; shrub to small tree to 7 m; in rak bwa, common, 950-1050 m.
Previously
reported byJudd
(1987) as Polygala penaea
the populations
L.; of penaea
P. -like plants occurring in the Macaya
Biosphere
Reserve, the Massif de and
la Selle, the Sierra de Bahoruco have been
and
segregated
described as
&
Badiera
subrhombifolia (Abbott Judd
2011).
&
+ lUicium
hottense
A. Guerrero, Judd
A.B. Morris
shrub
(Fig. 2); to small tree to :ommon; in rak bwa
and
moist
forests of Pinus occidentals, long unbumed, showing
transition to cloud 750-1560
m.Previ-
f<
ously reported by Judd A
(1987) as fflidum ekman„
c. Smith,
but ,h. populations of
fllicium ekman,, iu the
Masstl de la Hotte have been segregated and
described DNA
as
hottense (Guerrero
1. et 2004) sequence
al. data
supports
the sister-group mlaUonship Mldum
of hottense and eknuM AC.
1
Smith,
the
latter a species occut-
nn
g in the Massif du Nord, and
Haiti, the
Cordillera Central and
Cordillera
Septentrional Dominican
of the
Republic (Guerrero
etal
2004), fllicium has also been
collected in the Massif de
H2230
la Selle (Efemon from
(S),
Morn
te of/.eWm
Hopttal
type
1 subsp. sellemram
Imkhanfiskaya);
however, the specimen Ekman H2230
no
has
flowers (although
fruits are present) and
therefore cannot
be
identified with
certainty. the most
It is
3 Hlsp n -
aniola having
fllicium
papillate steins and young
and
petioies even
fruiting
pedicels.
Elt-
rmmumnH2230
may
H22.3P
represent an
undescribed
species
related
tttfllicium
hottense, but flowering
material required
is
18°19
a, ,43.2"N, 73°59'41.5
*
0 m
t1 a, e CC,1S (L shrub 2
} to taU, rare; rocky
^s^ (limestone)
soils along ephemeral stream
Td
associated withh, Gryrotaema
myriocarpa
Griseb., Lobelia
robusta Graham,
Senecio stenodonl Tibnurhna
Jrh
longifoha (Vahl) and
Baill.,
Thelypteris 1400 m.
sp.; ca. Hunziker
(1982) considered
the genus
be
Acnistus
to
15 P y hOWeVer Within
^ the enus ^°™>
8 Iochr and
’ ’ they discussed
t0 SeParatC tW
^ §enera AUhOUgh
°
T
the Ph
enetic Smith
of
“
hr0ma mono
h
T
P y^etic, they recovered two
! clades o/ne of which con-
tamed T
the type
species
for the genus,
cyanea.
Acnistus
I. arborescens is nestteedd Wwlitthhiinn rh
Ami^ u the cl, ade containing
the
type of the genus- however
th»
ic ,
and
horticulturaliy
important genus
fodtromu
is
Mome
Judd 5743 (FLAS); S slopes of Fonr
S.
Majure 4302 (FLAS, NY).
& m
+ Ceslrum hotteanum Ekman; shrub common, 933 m.
Urb. to 1 tall, Material originally identified as C.
hotteanum from the Pic Macaya Reserve (see Judd, 1987) is referable to Acnistus arborescens W.S. Judd
(i.e.,
5748). Thus C. hotteanum reported here for the first time from Parc National Pic Macaya.
is
The genus Pika, the largest in the Urticaceae, comprises ca. 715 species (Monro 2004) of which approximately
235 occur in the Neotropics (Monro 2006). The Greater Antilles is one of the major centers of diversity of the
on
clade (Monro 2009). Pilea especially diverse Hispaniola, with nearly 100 species found there (Liogier
is
1996; Moscoso 1943). To date, 14 species of Pika have been recorded in Parc National Pic Macaya (Judd 1987),
including howardiana, a species described by Skean and Judd (1988) and the P. microphylla complex, which
P.
forms a group of closely related species/entities, that is in need of further taxonomic work (see below). Addi-
tionally, previously unidentified specimens (listed as Pika sp. In Judd 1987) have been found to represent a
new
which described below.
species,
is
Liebm.— Judd 3624 (FLAS); Skean, 1530 (EHH). These were
Pilea microphylla W.S. J.D. collections
aff. (L.) Jr.
We
reported under name inJudd (1987). note that they differ from the widespread and variable micro-
this P.
major stems and having on
phylla in lacking small axillary branches along the in elongate cystoliths the adaxial
P
and
leaf surface that are arranged both longitudinally transversely; typical material of microphylla has cysto-
688
These
liths that are exclusively transversely oriented oriented at right angles to the leaf axis).
(i.e.,
R
are extremely succulent, while typical material of microphylla has leaves that vary from nearly hei
We
extremely succulent. also note that the leaves of these specimens are not spathulate, as in the p
similar P. spathulifolia Groult of the Sierra de Bahoruco, in the Dominican Republic (Groult 1999).
cm
Shrubs, apparently dioecious, woody, to 60 tall, highly branched; indumentum of simple, ± flattened,
sil-
young
very, multicellular hairs; stems rectangular in cross section with stem
filiform cystoliths parallel to the
mm
mm
axis 0.1-0.3 pubescent with
long, clear, multicellular, uniseriate, ascending hairs to 0.3 long; stems
mm
becoming rounded and
in cross section glabrous in age, 0.4-1.6 in diameter; leaves opposite, decussate,
% %
moderately
anisophyllous, the smaller
i.e., leaf to the size of the larger leaf, to isophyllous, 0.45-1.7 x
0.25-0.9 cm, ovate to elliptic, the apex acute, the base acute to obtuse, serrate along distal % or more of the leaf
margin, mostly
entire at base, each serration with a single vein, glabrous on both surfaces or with sparse, mul-
mm
on
ticellular hairs to 0.5 long the primary vein of the abaxial leaf surface, 3-veined, but with secondary
veins brochidodromous
in distal portion of lamina, primary and secondary veins impressed and
adaxially
on
raised abaxially, veins the abaxial leaf surface with conspicuous
filiform cystoliths produced parallel to the
vein axis, adaxial leaf surface covered in dense, conspicuous, oblong
to filiform cystoliths 0.3-0.4 x 0.05-0.1
mm,
produced
in all directions (i.e., disorganized) and oftentimes overlapping, and becoming smaller toward
the center of the lamina, abaxial leaf lamina with punctiform
to filiform, inconspicuous
cystoliths, petioles
mm
0.9-5.5 long, pubescent on the adaxial
surface, hairs erect to ascending, glabrous on
the abaxial surface
although with conspicuous
punctate
to elongate cystoliths; intrapetiolar x mm,
stipules 1.3-2.8 1.2-1.7 ob-
ovate to oblong, apices truncate, rounded or slightly 3-lobed, with conspicuous
fil
on
parallel to the axis the abaxial
surface; carpellate inflorescences red, producing ±
along main cm cm
the axis, 0.6-1.2 long, 0.15-0.8 mm,
across, bracts 0.3-0.6 x
0.05 ovate to obovate with
apices acute, rounded or three-lobed as in the mm
stipules; carpellate flowers with
pedicels 0.3-0.4
long, tepals
mm
dimorphic,
3, the larger tepal saccate, 0.4-0.7 long, forming
elliptic, a cup-shaped,
fleshy structure enclos-
ing gynoecium, margins
its incurved, clasping, and membranous, apex
3-lobed, the and
central lobe succulent
exceeding two membranous mm
the
two
lateral lobes, the
lateral tepals 0.2-0.6
long, ovate narrowly
to
elliptic,
with
acute ovary
apices; appearing
unicarpellate, stigma
penicellate, with elongated
papillae; staminate flow-
ers not seen; achenes elliptical, biconvex, brown, the surface moderately mm.
alveolate, 0.6-0.65 x
ca. 0.4
Etymology. The
specific epithet vermicularis refers to the wormlike appearance from
resulting
the disor-
ganized and
oftentimes overlapping on
cystoliths the adaxial
leaf surface (Fig. 3D).
laris is morphologically similar
to
P. wullschlaegelii Urb. (Jamaica)
P
Wedd.
i radicans (Sw.)
maica);
all three species have
I “disorganized”
cystoliths associated
wnn me
aaaxiai sunace,
teai glabrous and
leaf surfaces,
serrate
leaves. Pilea vermicularis from
differs these
by
to
sf*cies pubescent stems
(Fig. 3B). Pilea vermicularis
also from
differs
by
P. wullschlaegelii the lack of
glands (hydathodes) on
the lower leaf surface and the acute to obtuse vs. obtuse to rounded leaf bases 3C,
(Fig.
E,
F). Pilea vermicularis from
differs by
radicans
P. frutescent
its habit
vine-like
— (vs. habit in the Pilea
latter).
vmnruUnc
i—
&
oic« D
.c -
rufescens Fawc. Rendle
(Jamaica), although
. that species has densely pubes-
cent leaves and reddish hair n
the stem, instead of glabrous and
leaves stem P
silvery
hairs. Morphologically,
be
to closely related to Clade Unit 5 Monro
of
2, sharing
(2006), heteromorphic
leaves
New
Majure et al. records from Parc National Pic Macaya 689
r
with known
incised margins and 3-merous carpellate flowers (Fig. 3C, E, G). However, those taxa are from
Central America instead of the West Indies and are glabrous instead of pubescent. The West Indian subclade
(Clade Unit contains pubescent species with isomorphic leaves with entire margins, and 3-merous
2, 4) car-
H” may
pellate flowers (Monro 2006; see also “Clade in Jestrow et al. 2012). Piled vermicularis belong to this
group Members
if leaf margins are not consistent throughout the clade. of this clade occur in the Parc National
Pic Macaya domingensis Urb.; Judd 1987). The phylogenetic analyses of Monro (2006) andJestrow
(e.g., P. et al.
1
and sm wn
(2012) are preliminary include only a a
Pilea species, thus
phylogenetic relationships of vermicularis at this point
P. is
t
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We
thank William Cinea
for his invaluable assistance to the first three authors during their field work in the
We
Formon
region. also thank Florence
E. Sergile for her help while these authors were in Port-au-Prince,
The
Haiti. staff of the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)
is gratefully acknowledged, especially Norris
Williams and Kent Tom
Perkins, for their help in processing herbarium Zanoni and
material.
Jackeline Salazar
provided helpful comments on an
earlier version of the manuscript. This research was supported, by
in part,
the National Science Foundation Grant BSR-0818399. The on which
trip (1984) Pilea vermicularis was
collect-
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