Evaluation of the morphological variation within the genus Polyosma (Escalloniaceae) of Australia, New Caledonia and Papuasia based on herbarium specimens to clarify the taxonomy of the recognized species in this genus. These data also identified several previously unpublished species that are new to science.
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Herbarium specimens held at the National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW), The Papua New Guinea National Herbarium (LAE), Naturalis, The Netherlands (L), The Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, United Kingdom (K) were used to create this dataset. We gratefully acknowledge them for providing access to their collections.
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The evaluation of the morphology was used to circumscribe species of Polyosma and to evaluate the status of any potentially new, undescribed species.
Supplemental Information
Definition of metadata is provided in Taxonomic review of Polyosma Blume (Escalloniaceae) in Papuasia by Oliver K. Paul, Barry J. Conn and Murray J. Henwood, to be published in Blumea (2023).
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Morphological features measured by metric scales from representative herbarium collections held in herbaria.
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