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Ecclinusa campinae (Sapotaceae), a new species from the Middle Rio Negro region, Amazonas, Brazil

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Ecclinusa campinae is here described as new species from South America. It is known from a single area of lowland non-flooded or occasionally flooded forests on nutrient-poor white-sand soils locally known as campina or campinarana forests in the Parque Nacional do Jaú, Middle Rio Negro region in northwestern Amazonia. Illustrations are provided, in addition to a key to species of the genus and a comparison of the morphological differences between E. campinae and similar species.

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We thank Ulf Swenson and the anonymous reviewer for comments on early drafts of this manuscript. This research was financed through a scholarship to MHTA and FMC by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, processes 143693/ 2008-5 and 130928/2010-0 respectively) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, process 09/53365-0).

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Terra-Araujo, M.H., Costa, F.M., De Carvalho, R.B. et al. Ecclinusa campinae (Sapotaceae), a new species from the Middle Rio Negro region, Amazonas, Brazil. Brittonia 67, 180–184 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-015-9367-3

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