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A new acicular-leaved species of Sauvagesia (Ochnaceae) from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

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A new species of Sauvagesia is described and illustrated under the name Sauvagesia paniculata. This new species is morphologically similar to the acicular-leaved species of the subsect. Vellozianae. However, S. paniculata can be clearly differentiated from the other acicular-leaved species by the paniculate inflorescence. Other diagnostic characters of S. paniculata include the shorter pedicel and longer leaves. This new species seems to be narrowly endemic to the “campo rupestre” vegetation in the Esbarrancado mountain range of Mucugê, in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil.

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Uma nova espécie de Sauvagesia é descrita e ilustrada sob o nome Sauvagesia paniculata. Esta nova espécie é morfologicamente similar às espécies da subsect. Vellozianae que apresentam folhas aciculares. No entanto, S. paniculata é claramente diferenciada das demais espécies de folhas aciculares por possuir inflorescência paniculada. Outros caracteres diagnósticos de S. paniculata são o pedicelo mais curto e as folhas maiores. Esta nova espécie parece ser endêmica restrita da vegetação de campo rupestre da Serra do Esbarrancado em Mucugê, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil.

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We are indebted to Dr. Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Dr. Raymond M. Harley, Dr. Alessandro Rapini, and two anonymous referees for numerous suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript, to Dr. Cássio van den Berg for writing the Latin diagnosis, the Latin editor for improving the diagnosis, and to Carla de Lima for the line drawing. The first author received IC grant from CNPq (Process 117692/2004-2).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 03, BR 116, Campus, Feira de Santana, 44031-460, Bahia, Brazil

    Domingos Benício Oliveira Silva Cardoso & Abel Augusto Conceição

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Cardoso, D.B.O.S., Conceição, A.A. A new acicular-leaved species of Sauvagesia (Ochnaceae) from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Brittonia 60, 305–309 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9029-9

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