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| Microlicia angelana Almeda, Fidanza & R.B.Pacifico, in Pacifico, Almeda, Gali & Fidanza, 2022. DOI: 10.1111/njb.03749 |
Abstract
During recent field expeditions to the Chapada Diamantina (Bahia, Brazil), two species of the neotropical genus Microlicia were collected that could not be placed in any of the previously described taxa of the genus. These two species are here proposed as new: Microlicia angelana and M. debilis. Both species are apparently endemic to the Serra do Porco Gordo in Arapiranga District, Rio de Contas. Diagnoses, line drawings, distribution maps, notes on diagnostic characters and conservation assessments are provided. Information on habitat and phenology is also included.
Keywords: Arapiranga, Cadeia do Espinhaço, Chapada Diamantina, endemism, Rio de Contas
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| Microlicia angelana Almeda, Fidanza & R.B.Pacifico, sp. nov. (A) Living plants at the type locality, Serra do Porco Gordo, Arapiranga district, Rio de Contas, (B) flowering branches, (C) branchlets terminating in floral buds and flowers at anthesis, (D) flower in frontal view, (E) a sterile branch. Photographs: (A), (D)-(E) by R. Pacifico, (B)-(C) by F. Almeda. Voucher: Almeda et al. 10844A. |
Microlicia angelana Almeda, Fidanza & R.B.Pacifico, sp. nov.
Etymology: The epithet honors our colleague and friend Dra Angela Borges Martins (b. 1943–), Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and long-time student of Brazilian Melastomataceae, who has trained and mentored a generation of Brazilian melastome specialists.
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| Microlicia debilis Almeda, Fidanza & R.B.Pacifico, sp. nov. (A) Flowering branches, (B) sterile branch, (C) close-up of a 5-merous flower, (D) close-up of a 6-merous flower. Photographs: (A) by F. Almeda, (B)-(C) by R. Pacifico. Voucher: Almeda et al. 10846. |
Microlicia debilis Almeda, Fidanza & R.B.Pacifico, sp. nov.
Etymology: The epithet refers to the weakly or delicately branched habit of this species and the pale pink petals that lack the vibrancy of many other species of Microlicia.
Ricardo Pacifico, Frank Almeda, Lorena Gali and Karina Fidanza. 2022. Two New Narrow Endemic Species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) from Serra do Porco Gordo, Bahia, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1111/njb.03749
