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Three new species of Eupatorieae (Compositae) from Brazil

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Three new species of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) were collected in the “campos rupestres” of the Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the Itacolomi State Park, located between the cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, during a floristic survey focusing on Compositae in this area. Eupatorium semiamplexifolium, Mikania badiniana, and Stevia alexii are described and illustrated.

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The authors thank to Dr Jimi Naoki Nakajima, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, for support and valuable suggestions.

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  1. Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Campus II, Rodovia Alagoinhas–Salvador, Km 3, CEP 48100-000, Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil

    Gracineide Selma Santos de Almeida

  2. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Rita Maria de Carvalho-Okano

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de Almeida, G.S.S., de Carvalho-Okano, R.M. Three new species of Eupatorieae (Compositae) from Brazil. Kew Bull 65, 255–261 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9205-4

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