taxonID	type	description	language	source
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFF083322FEEB.taxon	materials_examined	— TYPE: BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz: Velasco, Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, 13 ° 46 ’ S, 60 ° 59 ’ W, 24 Apr 1993, Killeen et al. 5454 (holotype: MO!).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFE4F33C3FD88.taxon	materials_examined	— TYPE: MÉXICO. Jalisco: Puente Los Horcones sobre el río, 6 Feb 1991, Novelo 981 (holotype: MEXU; isotype: RSA-POM).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFDED33C3FD49.taxon	materials_examined	— TYPE: BRAZIL. Pará: Rio Madeira, Riedel 1268 (holotype: LE; isotypes: B, G, P, U).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	type_taxon	— TYPE: Oserya coulteriana Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 11: 106. 1849.	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	synonymic_list	≡ Noveloa coulteriana (Tul.) C. T. Philbrick.	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	diagnosis	Oseryae simillima, sed foliis dichotomis subdichotomisve divisis, staminibus 1 – 3, et capsulibus cum costis nonsuturalibus 6 differt.	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	description	Annual or perennial, small herbs. Roots elongate, prostrate, flattened. Stems arising laterally along roots, opposite or subopposite, prostrate or upright. Leaves distichous, petiole cylindrical or flattened, winged or wing absent, blade repeatedly dichotomously or subdichotomously divided. Flowers hermaphroditic, zygomorphic, pedicellate, borne singly, axillary, covered by a sac-like spathella. Spathella clavate. Tepals 2 – 4, scale-like. Stamens 1 – 3, deciduous, anthers basifixed, dehiscing extrorsely or latrorsely; stamen filaments fused for about half their length. Pollen in monads. Ovary 2 - locular, with 2 unequal carpels. Stigmas 2, free or basally fused, conical; ovules numerous, placenta axile. Capsules 2 - locular, with 2 unequal valves, one valve sometimes caducous, with 3 nonsuture ribs per valve, suture margins also rib-like. Seeds 0 – 85 per capsule (mean 32 ± SD 22, n = 55).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	diagnosis	Noveloa is differentiated from the related genus Oserya by its dichotomous or subdichotomous leaf divisions (pinnate in Oserya), three nonsuture ribs per capsule valve (five in Oserya), and stamens numbering 1 – 3 (flowers unistaminate in Oserya).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EFD2D3213F9DE.taxon	discussion	The name of the genus is in honor of Dr. Alejandro Novelo Retana (1951 – 2006), who played an important role in advancing the understanding of aquatic angiosperms in Mexico and Neotropical Podostemaceae.	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EF982322FF950.taxon	materials_examined	— TYPE: MÉXICO. Jalisco: near San Blas, Coulter 1394 (holotype: K!; isotype: NY!).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
B47087EFFFABFFB6992EF905331CF8FE.taxon	materials_examined	— TYPE: MÉXICO. Jalisco: la Huerta, rio Purificacion, 26 Mar 1993, Novelo & Philbrick 1166 (holotype: MEXU!; isotypes: MO!, NY!, WCSU!).	en	Tippery, Nicholas P., Thomas Philbrick, C., Bove, Claudia P., Les, Donald H. (2011): Systematics and Phylogeny of Neotropical Riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 36 (1): 105-118, DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553180, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364411x553180
