Resumen

MARTICORENA, Alicia; VALDIVIESO, José Antonio  y  BAEZA, Carlos M. NEW DISCOVERY OF TARASA UMBELLATA KRAPOV. (MALVACEAE). Gayana Bot. [online]. 2007, vol.64, n.2, pp. 211-216. ISSN 0717-6643.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-66432007000200006.

A new discovery of Tarasa umbellata Krapov. (Malvaceae) in Talca, central Chile, is presented. The fruits were unknown until now. The description of the fruits, commentaries about the habitat, chromosome number and the relation with Tarasa reichei (Phil.) Krapov. is made