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Three new species ofTernstroemia are described and illustrated. Two of these,Ternstroemia aracae andT., prancei, are high-elevation taxa endemic to Serra Aracá. Brazil. The third,T. campinicola, is a low-elevation, widespread species restricted to white-sand savannas in the Brazilian, Venezuelan, and Colombian Guayana.
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Boom, B.M. New species of ternstroemia (Theaceae) from the Guayana Highland. Brittonia 41, 136–142 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807518
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