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A new species of Almeidea (Rutaceae) belonging to the neotropical tribe Galipeeae (subtribe Galipeinae) is described and illustrated. This new species, Almeidea albiflora, is known so far only from a few collections made in small disturbed forest remnants in the vicinity of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, in the state of Espírito Santo, and by a single collection from northern Rio de Janeiro state, both in the domain of the Atlantic Forest, Eastern Brazil. Diagnostic features, like white petals, sericeous ovary and distal secondary axes as long as the proximal ones are identified. Pollen morphology is also described, and brief discussions of the relationships of the new taxon to other species of Almeidea, as well as comments on its conservation status, are provided.
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The authors would like to thank the curators of the herbaria (ALCB, BHCB, CEPEC, HUEFS, MBML, NY, RB, SP, SPF) visited during the study for their assistance and gifts of important collections of Rutaceae to SPFR; the Departamento de Biologia (FFCLRP-USP) for making a vehicle available for fieldwork; Dewey Litwiller (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), for the English review; Bruno Garcia Simões Favaretto for the illustrations; the Departamento de Química (FFCLRP-USP) for the use of the scanning electron microscope, and Rodrigo Ferreira Silva for technical guidance; Jacquelyn Kallunki and an anonymous reviewer for the comments and suggestions on a earlier version of the text; and to FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq) for financial support (grants #2006/03170-0 and 2007/06336-0).
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Bruniera, C.P., da Silva, C.I. & Groppo, M. A new species of Almeidea (Galipeinae, Galipeeae, Rutaceae) from Eastern Brazil. Brittonia 63, 281–285 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-010-9162-0
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