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Stigmaphyllon mikanifolium is described and illustrated and its distribution, conservation status, and taxonomy are presented. S. mikanifolium can be distinguished from S. auriculatum and S. macedoanum by its leaf laminas with lobate margins, and filiform glands on the apex of each lobule, sessile discoid glands between the lobules, a petiole apex with a pair of cupulate glands, yellow posterior petals with reddish veins, and the styles parallel and straight.
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Stigmaphyllon mikanifolium é descrito e ilustrado, e sua distribuição, status de conservação e taxonomia da espécie são apresentados. S. mikanifolium é distinta de S. auriculatum e S. macedoanum pelas folhas com margens lobuladas e com uma glândula filiforme no ápice de cada lóbulo e glândulas discoides sésseis entre cada lóbulo, ápice do pecíolo com um par de glândulas cupuliformes, pétalas posteriores amarelas com veias avermelhadas e estiletes paralelos e retos.
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We thank Klei Sousa for the drawings, Roy Funch for the English revision, Lucas C. Marinho (UEFS) for graphical support, Cláudio N. Fraga (JBRJ) and Renato Goldenberg (UFPR) for the photographs, and Marco O. Pellegrini for the suggestion on the species name. We are grateful to the curator and staff of the RB herbarium for support with the herbarium collections. RFA and AMA were sponsored by FAPESB (DEB BOL0584/2013) and CNPq (Produtividade em Pesquisa, DEB 306992/2012-4, Edital PPBIO DEB 457483/2012-1, and Edital Universal DEB 486079/2013-9) respectively. The fieldwork of AMA in Espirito Santo State was made possible by support from the Fundação O Boticário de Proteção a Natureza (Edital de Pesquisa DEB 200720074).
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de Almeida, R.F., Amorim, A.M. Stigmaphyllon mikanifolium (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Kew Bull 70, 47 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-015-9601-x
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