ON THE IDENTITY OF JACQUINIA-ARMILLARIS (THEOPHRASTACEAE) AND RELATED SPECIES

The Jacquinia armillaris group, a natural assemblage of chiefly Caribbean taxa, is revised. The group was found to include three species with different but slightly overlapping distributions: J. keyensis Mez, northern Caribbean. J. arborea Vahl, of central and southern Caribbean, and J. armillaris Jacq., of southern Caribbean (Lesser Antilles), northern South America, and eastern Brazil. All taxa are described and illustrated. Nomenclature is discussed and most names are typified.