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From French GuianaDisciphania moriorum is formally described and illustrated, and a second, imperfectly known member of the genus is provisionally recorded. From BahiaCurarea crassa is new, andAbuta convexa (Vell.) Diels is added to the state flora. A conspectus of Menispermaceae presently known from Bahia, a key to both sexes of the taxa, and brief indications of their ecology are provided.
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Barneby, R.C. Tidings of Menispermaceae from interior French Guiana and from the Brazilian state of Bahia. Brittonia 48, 20–25 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807660
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