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A new species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) endemic to Bolivia

Summary. A new species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), A. riograndensis Atahuachi & L. Rico, endemic to the valley of the Rio Grande in Bolivia is described and illustrated. Affinities to closely related species are discussed.

Key words. Acacia, Leguminosae, Mimosoideae, Bolivia, endemic.

Introduction

Thirty-one species of Acada are recorded from Bolivia in the most recent published account (Killeen et al. 1993) of which eight are introduced and sometimes naturalised, seven are near endemics, being found also in adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina, and one is endemic (A. feddeana Harms). Here, we describe a second endemic species discovered during ongoing fieldwork to ...

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