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Anthurium harleyi (Araceae) — a new rupicolous species of section Urospadix from the northern Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

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Anthurium harleyi T.A.Pontes & Mayo, a new rupicolous species of Anthurium sect. Urospadix, is described from the rupestrian grassland (campo rupestre) vegetation of the northern region of the Chapada Diamantina, in central Bahia state, Brazil. The new species is endemic to this region, but closely related to A. erskinei Mayo from the central and southern regions of the same highland. A multivariate morphometric analysis of twelve quantitative morphological variables is presented which shows the two species to be distinct. A taxonomic description, line drawings, photographs, distribution map and conservation status based on a spatial analysis are provided.

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Acknowledgements

This work is part of the PhD thesis of the first author and was only possible due to financial support from the following partners: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico–CNPQ, for the scholarship n° 147709/2010–5; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia–FAPESB, T.O. PNX0014/2009, for financing field excursions; and the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana–UEFS, for logistic support. We are most grateful to Lucy Smith for her very fine illustration. SJM thanks the staff of the Herbarium André Maurício Vieira de Carvalho, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau (CEPEC), Itabuna, Bahia, and Raymond Harley (K) for botanical support and encouragement over many years, and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew for support via an Honorary Research Associateship.

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  1. Rua José Alfredo Arruda, 125, Distrito de Rafael Arruda, Sobral, Ceará, 62113-000, Brazil

    Tiago Arruda Pontes

  2. Herbário Delta do Parnaíba-HDELTA, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Campus Ministro Reis Velloso, Av. São Sebastião, 2819, Parnaíba, Piauí, 64202-020, Brazil

    Ivanilza Moreira de Andrade

  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K.

    Rosineide Souza Richards, Anna Haigh & Simon J. Mayo

  4. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida Universitária s.n., Feira de Santana, Bahia, 44036-900, Brazil

    Cássio van den Berg

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Pontes, T.A., de Andrade, I.M., Richards, R.S. et al. Anthurium harleyi (Araceae) — a new rupicolous species of section Urospadix from the northern Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Kew Bull 74, 11 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9796-3

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