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Croton campanulatus (Euphorbiaceae s.s.), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest

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Croton campanulatus, a new species from southeastern Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, is here described and illustrated. Morphological data indicate that this species belongs to Croton section Cleodora based on its arborescent habit, pistillate flowers with imbricate sepals, reduced petals, and multifid styles that are fused at the base.

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Thanks are due to Klei Rodrigo Souza for the illustrations, Kandis Elliot for the map and formatting of the illustration, Mário Gurgel Filho for revising the Latin description, Hajo Esser for reviewing the manuscript, and the CNPq for the fellowship awarded to the first author. Financial support for a field trip to Brazil was provided to the second author by The Lawrence Memorial Award from the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, the William R. Anderson Graduate Student Research Grant Fund from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), and the U.S. National Science Foundation (award # DEB-0212481 to P. Berry).

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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 11461, 05422-970, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo

  2. University of Michigan Herbarium, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2287, USA

    Ricarda Riina & Paul E. Berry

  3. Instituto de Botânica, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Cx. Postal 3005, 01061-970, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo & Inês Cordeiro

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Correspondence to Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo.

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Caruzo, M.B.R., Riina, R., Cordeiro, I. et al. Croton campanulatus (Euphorbiaceae s.s.), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest. Brittonia 60, 261–264 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9027-y

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