ESTUDIOS SISTEMÁTICOS EN TURNERA (TURNERACEAE). IV. SERIES LEIOCARPAE, CONCILIATAE Y SESSILIFOLIAE.

In this paper the revision of the series Leiocarpae Urb. is presented, and Turnera callosa Urb. is chosen as lectotype. This series has a distribution similar to that of the genus Turnera in America, most species living in the Chaquean biogeographical region. It has 55 species, the following taxa being new: T. angelicae, T. dasytricha var. crinita, T. diamantinae, T. emendata, T. fissifolia, T. glabrata, T. gouveiana, T. humilis, T. iterata, T. jobertii, T. luetzelburgii var. dubia, T. melochioides var. rugosa, T. paradoxa, T. patens, T. rosulata, T. vallsii, T. venezuelana and T. vicaria. Two new series are also proposed, Conciliatae Arbo for T. rubrobracteata Arbo, a species with an unusual combination of characters, which does not fit in any other series, and Sessilifoliae Arbo, including T. dichotoma and T. revoluta which were excluded from Series Capitatae; the comparative analysis with the members of Leiocarpae has demonstrated that they neither belong to the last series. Keys to identify the different series of the genus and keys for the species of each series treated are provided, as well as morphological descriptions, illustrations and distribution maps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]