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Three new species of Mucuna (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae) from South America

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Three new species of Mucuna from South America are described and illustrated. All present a morphological characteristic that is restricted to some neotropical species of this genus: a condensed primary inflorescence axis, with all the flowers closely inserted at the inflorescence apex. M. argentea occurs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, M. klitgaardiae in Ecuador and Peru, whilst M. cajamarca is endemic to Peru. These three new species highlight the diversity and high endemism of Mucuna in South America.

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Funding for this study was provided by IAPT (International Association of Plant Taxonomy), CAPES (process 4627-11-3), FAPERJ (process E-26/110.331/2012), CNPq – REFLORA Project (process 563550/2010-4) and FAPESP (process 2010/52488-9). TMM also thanks the Rupert Barneby Award programme of The New York Botanical Garden, FAEPEX UNICAMP (process 43211) and Shirley A. Graham fellowships in Systematic Botany and Biogeography of Missouri Botanical Garden for funding a visit to North American herbaria. VFM is grateful to CNPq for the grant on Legume research. We thank CAPES for Ph.D. grants to the first author, the curators and staff of the herbaria cited for giving us access to their specimens, Denis Filer for help with mapping (BRAHMS/DIVA), and Margaret Tebbs for the three illustrations.

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  1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil

    T. M. Moura

  2. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    G. P. Lewis

  3. Instituto de Pesquisa do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-030, Brazil

    V. F. Mansano

  4. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Barão Geraldo, Campinas, SP, 13083-862, Brazil

    A. M. G. A. Tozzi

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Moura, T.M., Lewis, G.P., Mansano, V.F. et al. Three new species of Mucuna (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseoleae) from South America. Kew Bull 68, 143–150 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9429-6

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