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| Hyptis lavoisierifolia A.Soares, J.F.B.Pastore & Harley, in Soares, Pastore, Antar & Harley, 2021. |
Hyptis is a genus with about 151 species that belongs to subtribe Hyptidinae, a monophyletic and predominantly Neotropical group from Lamiaceae. The genus has gone through a series of taxonomic changes, especially sectional, since the early 19th century. Hyptis sect. Eriosphaeria subsect. Pachyphyllae, recent reestablished as subsection, is composed, until this paper, of four species, all endemic to the Chapada dos Veadeiros region, in Goiás state, Brazil. Here we report a novelty for the subsection.
Keywords: Brazilian flora, cerrado, endemism, Ocimeae, taxonomy, Eudicots
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| Hyptis lavoisierifolia A.Soares, J.F.B.Pastore & Harley: A: Upper branch detail showing indumentum and inflorescence.; B: Mature individual. |
Hyptis lavoisierifolia A.Soares, J.F.B.Pastore & Harley
Etymology:—The epithet is a reference to the plant genus Lavoisiera Candolle (1828:102), an endemic genus from Brazil, belonging to Melastomataceae Family, the leaves of which resemble the new species.
Arthur de Souza Soares, José Floriano Barêa Pastore, Guilherme Medeiros Antar and Raymond Mervyn Harley. 2021. Hyptis lavoisierifolia, A New Species from the Noteworthy Hyptis subsect. Pachyphyllae (Lamiaceae—Hyptidinae) endemic to Chapada dos Veadeiros Region, Goiás, Brazil. Phytotaxa. 507(2); 175–182. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.2.5
