Abstract
Two species of Leandra that occur in low montane and montane rain forests in the state of Espírito Santo, Eastern Brazil, are described and illustrated here. Leandra magnipetala can be recognized by the pedicellate flowers, costate hypanthia, and large, broadly lanceolate petals. Leandra triantha can be recognized by the apical, short-peduncled triads, diads or solitary flowers and by the granulose-glandulose, strigose and glandulose-strigose bracts, bracteoles, and hypanthia.
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Duas espécies de Leandra que ocorrem em Floresta Ombrófila Densa Submontana e Montana no estado do Espírito Santo são aqui descritas e ilustradas. Leandra magnipetala pode ser reconhecida pelas flores pediceladas, hipanto costado, e pelas pétalas grandes, largamente lanceoladas. Leandra triantha pode ser reconhecida pelas flores em tríades, díades ou isoladas, sempre apicais e sobre pedúnculos curtos, e pelas brácteas, bractéolas e hipanto com indumento granuloso-glanduloso, glanduloso e estrigoso.
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Field work was partially funded by the “Fundação O Boticário de Proteção à Natureza” (Proc. 0756-20072), and by the United States National Science Foundation (DEB-0818399, coordinated by F. Michelangeli). This research was also funded by a grant to the first author by CNPq (Proc. 305269/2006-2). We thank William Rodrigues for the Latin diagnosis, M. Reginato and F. Almeda for the comments on the manuscript, L. Kollmann for sending the specimens of L. triantha, and also L. Kollmann, Rafaela Forzza, André Amorim, Claudio Fraga, Paulo Labiak, and André Fontana for the help in the field. Diana Carneiro prepared the line drawings.
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Camargo, E.A., Goldenberg, R. Two new species of Leandra from Espírito Santo, Brazil. Brittonia 63, 220–226 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-010-9154-0
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