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Cambessedesia tiradentensis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Brazil

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A new and probably endemic species of Cambessedesia DC. is described from campo rupestre vegetation, as part of a floristic survey of Melastomataceae from the São José mountain range, Tiradentes District, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Claudia de Miranda for the beautiful and precise illustrations of the species; Prof. Jorge Fontella Pereira for the Latin diagnosis; Pedro Sérgio Fernandes (Pedroca) for the very kind logistic support during our field expeditions; Leandro Soares Gouveia Martins for great help in the field and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for the financial support.

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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista s.n., Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, RJ, Brazil

    Ruy José Válka Alves & Rosana Augstroze Rutter

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Angela Borges Martins

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  1. Ruy José Válka Alves
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Correspondence to Ruy José Válka Alves.

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Alves, R.J.V., Rutter, R.A. & Martins, A.B. Cambessedesia tiradentensis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Brazil. Kew Bull 63, 319–322 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9031-0

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