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- Title
A new species of Miconia (Melastomataceae, Miconieae) from northeastern Brazil.
- Authors
Oliveira Chagas, Earl; Vasconcellos Barbosa, Maria; Goldenberg, Renato
- Abstract
Miconia caiuia occurs only in the highly endangered submontane moist forests in the states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, and northern Bahia, Brazil. It belongs to Miconia section Miconia subsection Secundiflorae. This new species can be distinguished from other species in this subsection by the lepidote-stellate trichomes on young branches, petioles, inflorescences and hypanthia, leaves with suprabasal nerves and wrinkled/auriculate bases, abaxial leaf surfaces with only sparse trichomes, a 5-locular ovary, and large mature fruits (10-13 × 12-15 mm) with up to 15 seeds, which are 2.5-3.5 mm long.
- Subjects
PERNAMBUCO (Brazil); MICONIA calvescens; MELASTOMATACEAE; LEPIDOTERMES; TRICHOMES; PETIOLES
- Publication
Brittonia, 2013, Vol 65, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
0007-196X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12228-012-9287-4