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| Pseudobombax furadense Gianasi & Santos, in Gianasi & Santos, 2022. |
Abstract
A new species of Pseudobombax (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae) is described from the Furados, Caatingas Domain, Brazil. The new species is morphologically similar to Pseudobombax simplicifolium but differs by the obovate, elliptic, depressed obovate or orbicular leaflets, the presence of branched trichomes on terminal branches, leaf primordia, petioles, adaxial and abaxial surfaces of leaflets, pedicel, bracteoles, and outer surface of the calyx, lepidote ovary, and the subglobose to ovoid, and spotted seeds.
Keywords: Brazilian flora, Furados, seasonally dry tropical forests, limestone outcrops, limestone slabs, Eudicots
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| Pseudobombax furadense Gianasi & Santos, sp. nov.: A. Flowers terminal or subterminal, solitary or in groups of 2–4, receptacle with 1 whorl of ca. 6 glands; calyx cupuliform, outer surface sparsely pilose to pilose with branched trichomes and stamens cream. B. Leaflets obovate to widely depressed obovate with adaxial and abaxial surfaces pilose to densely pilose with branched trichomes and fruit with valves woody, glabrous, kapok clear brown; scale bar = 1cm. C. Leaves united at the apex in brachyblasts. Detailed view: D. Branched trichomes in the adaxial surface. E. Branched trichomes in the abaxial surface. F. Ovary lepidote. G. Seed clear brown, spots gray. Scale bar = 1mm. |
Pseudobombax furadense Gianasi & Santos, sp. nov.
Etymology: —The specific epithet refers to its microhabitat of occurrence, characterized by limestone slabs, commonly known as Furados.
Fernanda Moreira Gianasi and Rubens Manoel dos Santos. 2022. Pseudobombax furadense (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae), A New Species from the Caatingas Domain, Brazil. Phytotaxa. 544(1); 71-80. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.544.1.6
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