Brittonia

, Volume 65, Issue 3, pp 296–300 | Cite as

A new species of Myrcia (Myrteae, Myrtaceae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil

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Abstract

Myrcia thomasii, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to M. micropetala, but differs in having the inflorescence and basal bracts puberulent, lanceolate bracts at the base of flowers, longer calyx lobes and petals, and a 3-locular ovary.

Key Words

Biodiversity endemics IUCN Neotropics systematics 

Resumo

Myrcia thomasii, uma nova espécie para a Floresta Atlântica do sul da Bahia é aqui descrita e ilustrada. A nova espécie é morfologicamente próxima a M. micropetala, porém é diferenciada por apresentar a inflorescência e brácteas puberulentas, brácteas lanceoladas na base das flores, maior comprimento dos lobos do cálice e pétalas e ovário 3-locular.

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Acknowledgments

We are indebted to the organizations that funded our field research, including CNPq, the U.S. National Science Foundation (DEB-0946618), Velux Stiftung, and the Beneficia Foundation; also, the curators of the visited herbaria for providing access to their collections, the two anonymous reviewers for constructive criticism and to Regina Carvalho for the illustrations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Departamento de BotânicaUniversidade Federal de PernambucoRecifeBrazil
  2. 2.Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de BotânicaUniversidade Federal de PernambucoRecifeBrazil

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