Testando delimitação de espécies em monografias – um estudo de caso em Aniba Aubl. (Lauraceae)

Abstract

In this paper we ask whether species delimitations in monographs can be explicitly 14 tested independently of the species concept involved. By testing three predictions derived from 15 the monograph of the neotropical genus Aniba Aubl., we detected problems in circumscription 16 of its species that causes problems not only for taxonomy, but also for conservation of 17 rosewood, an endangered species with high economic importance. The proposed test is 18 constructive because deriving and testing a variety of predictions, it is possible to distinguish 19 aspects of a monograph that are not empirically supported from those that are, allowing build 20 new species delimitation using worthy elements of monographs, rather than fully accepting or 21 rejecting it.