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A remarkable new species of Ormosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Sophoreae) from Bahian Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil

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Abstract

Ormosia timboënsis is described and illustrated as a new species based on fruit and leaf material collected in a fragment of Atlantic Rain Forest in central Bahia State, Brazil. This new species can be recognized by possessing the largest seed and hilum of those that have been reported in Ormosia. In addition, O. timboënsis has leaves that in combination with the fruit characters do not match any species currently described in the genus.

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Ormosia timboënsis é descrita e ilustrada como nova espécie baseada apenas em material com folha e fruto coletado em um fragmento de Floresta Atlântica ombrófila na região central da Bahia, Brasil. Esta nova espécie pode ser diferenciada por possuir semente e hilo dentre os maiores já vistos em Ormosia. Além disso, O. timboënsis apresenta folhas que em combinação com os caracteres do fruto não permitem acomodá-la em nenhuma das espécies atualmente descritas no gênero.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks are due to Dr. Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz for writing the Latin diagnosis and numerous suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript; Carla de Lima for the beautiful drawing; Márcia Neves, José Lima, Josival Souza, and Sr. Manoel for the assistance in the field work; and Centro Sapucaia and Projeto Timbó MMA/PDA for providing financial support during field work. The critical comments by Dr. Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi and an anonymous referee are gratefully acknowledged. This paper is part of the MSc. thesis of DBOSC prepared in the Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica (PPGBot-UEFS) and supported by a grant from CNPq (Process 131147/2007-2).

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  1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 03, BR 116, Campus, Feira de Santana, 44031-460, Bahia, Brazil

    Domingos Benício Oliveira Silva Cardoso

  2. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    José Eduardo Meireles & Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima

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Cardoso, D.B.O.S., Meireles, J.E. & de Lima, H. A remarkable new species of Ormosia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Sophoreae) from Bahian Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil. Brittonia 61, 22–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9051-y

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Key Words

  • Atlantic rain forest
  • Bahia
  • Leguminosae
  • Ormosia
  • Sophoreae