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Two new species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Serra do Teimoso, Bahia, Brazil

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Two new species of Anthurium from Bahia, eastern Brazil, are described and illustrated. Both species belong to sect. Urospadix Engl. and are so far only known from the type locality, Serra do Teimoso, although they are common locally. Anthurium teimosoanum E. G. Gonç. & J. G. Jardim is known from the lowermost altitudinal zone of this upland area, whereas A. molle E. G. Gonç. & J. G. Jardim was only collected near the summit.

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We would like to thank Harri Lorenzi for the logistic help. The authors are also grateful to Henrique F. Berbert de Carvalho and Lucélia de Melo Berbert, the owners of Serra do Teimoso Reserve, for allowing field work in the area. Field trips were sponsored by Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora, Ltda.

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  1. Instituto Inhotim, Rua B, 20, Inhotim, CEP 35460-000, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil

    Eduardo G. Gonçalves

  2. Depto. de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Cx. Postal 1524, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Jomar G. Jardim

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Correspondence to Eduardo G. Gonçalves.

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Gonçalves, E.G., Jardim, J.G. Two new species of Anthurium (Araceae) from Serra do Teimoso, Bahia, Brazil. Kew Bull 64, 713–717 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9146-y

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