Marlimorimia pittieri (Harms) L.P. Queiroz & L.M. Borges, 2022

Borges, Leonardo M., Inglis, Peter W., Simon, Marcelo F., Ribeiro, Petala Gomes & de Queiroz, Luciano P., 2022, Misleading fruits: The non-monophyly of Pseudopiptadenia and Pityrocarpa supports generic re-circumscriptions and a new genus within mimosoid legumes, PhytoKeys 205, pp. 239-259 : 239

2.4. Marlimorimia pittieri (Harms) L.P. Queiroz & L.M. Borges comb. nov.

Piptadenia similis Britton & Killip, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35(3): 156. 1936. Holotype Colombia, Barranquilla, Elias 263 (US).

Pseudopiptadenia pittieri (Harms) G.P. Lewis, Kew Bull. 46(1): 118. 1991.

Basionym.

Piptadenia pittieri Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8(71): 51-52. 1921.

Type.

Venezuela, Carabobo, Pittier 8859 (lectotype US 00001013, designated here; isolectotypes GH 00064052, NY 00003236).

Notes.

Although Pseudopiptadenia pittieri was not included in the phylogenetic analyses, the presence of extrafloral nectaries at the base of the petiole, spikes arranged in pseudoracemes and fruits with straight margins support its transfer to Marlimorimia .