%0 Journal Article
%T Two new species in the Matelea stenopetala complex (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) from the Guiana Shield and Amazonian Brazil
%A Alexander Krings
%A Gilberto Morillo
%J PhytoKeys
%D 2012
%I Pensoft Publishers
%R 10.3897/phytokeys.17.3485
%X Two new species in the Matelea stenopetala complex (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) are described from the Guiana Shield and Amazonian Brazil: Matelea brevistipitata Krings & Morillo, sp. nov. and M. trichopedicellata Krings & Morillo, sp. nov. The new species belong to a small group of adaxially-pubescent-flowered taxa within the complex, including M. hildegardiana and M. pakaraimensis. The new species are described and a dichotomous key is provided.
%K Gonolobinae
%K Matelea
%K Neotropics
%K twining vines
%K taxonomy
%U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/article/3485/