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Pranceacanthus coccineus (Acanthaceae), a new genus and species from Amazonian brazil

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The new genusPranceacanthus, apparently most closely related to the bitypic genusJuruasia, is described and illustrated. Its sole species,P. coccineus, has been collected on “terra firma” in lowland Amazonian Brazil in the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso and in the territory of Rondônia.

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  1. Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, 20560, Washington, DC

    Dieter C. Wasshausen

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Wasshausen, D.C. Pranceacanthus coccineus (Acanthaceae), a new genus and species from Amazonian brazil. Brittonia 36, 1–7 (1984). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806282

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