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Philibertia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) — additional notes and three new species for Bolivia

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Three new species of Philibertia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), P. alba Goyder, P. urceolata Goyder and P. zongoensis Goyder are described from Bolivia and illustrated. Preliminary conservation assessments are made for these species. New records are reported for two further species.

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I am most grateful to Maria Vorontsova and Melanie Wilmot-Dear for translating the diagnoses into Latin, and to Margaret Tebbs for the illustrations. As ever, I am indebted to John Wood and his Bolivian counterparts, in this instance Hibert Huaylla, Magaly Mercado and Moises Mendoza, for their superb collections. Curators of the herbaria at HSB, LPB and USZ are thanked for access to their collections.

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Goyder, D.J. Philibertia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) — additional notes and three new species for Bolivia. Kew Bull 63, 323–329 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9020-3

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