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- Title
Miconia atlantica, a new species of Melastomataceae from the eastern mountains of Brazil.
- Authors
Caddah, Mayara; Goldenberg, Renato
- Abstract
A new species of Miconia from the mountains in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil is presented here. Miconia atlantica has been collected in the states of São Paulo and Espírito Santo. It belongs to section Glossocentrum and can be recognized among others species in this section by the leaves with acute bases, an indumentum consisting of stellate trichomes moderately covering the abaxial surface of mature leaves, glomerulate inflorescences, and stamens with unappendaged connectives. Marsupiform domatia were found in São Paulo populations.
- Subjects
MATA Atlantica (Brazil); PLANT species; MELASTOMATACEAE; MOUNTAINS; MICONIA calvescens; PLANT genetics
- Publication
Brittonia, 2013, Vol 65, Issue 3, p351
- ISSN
0007-196X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12228-012-9291-8