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Three new species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazil

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Dalechampia fernandesii, from Ceará, belongs to sectionTiliifoliae and is related toD. affinis andD. tiliifolia.Dalechampia armbrusteri, of subsectionDalechampia, from Bahia, is close toD. brownsbergensis of Suriname but has well developed resiniferous bractlets.Dalechampia viridissima, from Bahia and Espírito Santo, is an isolated species with the 3-lobed leaves of species in sectionDalechampia subsectionDalechampia but the reduced indumentum and greenish bracts of species in sectionTriphyllae.

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Webster, G.L. Three new species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazil. Brittonia 41, 1–9 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807580

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