[Botany • 2019] Fritzschia cordifolia (Melastomataceae: Marcetieae) • A New Endangered Species from Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Fritzschia cordifolia R.Romero, D.Nunes & M.J.R.Rocha, 

in Romero, da Silva, De-Paula et da Rocha, 2019. 

DOI:  10.1600/036364419X15620113920707

Abstract 

During a field expedition to the Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, we found a new species of Fritzschia, a genus endemic to campos rupestres from the Espinhaço Range. Fritzschia cordifolia has cordate and succulent leaves with an apical gland, petals with glandular-ciliate margin, campanulate hypanthium, and antesepalous stamens with ventral appendages with deltoid lobes. The presence of seeds with a crested testa is reported here for the first time in Fritzschia. A description and illustration of the new species is provided, as well as its conservation status and its geographical distribution.

KEYWORDS: Brazilian flora, Campos rupestres, endemic, SEM images, Serra do Cipó, taxonomy

Fritzschia cordifolia R.Romero, D.Nunes & M.J.R.Rocha

Rosana Romero, Diego Nunes da Silva, Orlando Cavalari De-Paula and Maria José Reis da Rocha. 2019. A New Endangered Species of Fritzschia Cham. (Melastomataceae, Marcetieae) from Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  Systematic Botany. 44(3); 664-669. DOI:  10.1600/036364419X15620113920707

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