Friday, March 8, 2024

[Botany • 2020] Turnera macrosperma (Turneraceae: Passifloraceae s.l.) • A New Species from the Brazilian Cerrado


 Turnera macrosperma L.Rocha & Arbo,    

in Rocha et Arbo, 2020. 

Abstract 
Turnera macrosperma, a new species from the Brazilian Cerrado, is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the series Turnera and can be characterized by the white petals with dark blue/violet basal spot and large seeds with papillose aril. SEM images, distribution map, and comments on taxonomy and morphology are presented.

Keywords: Malpighiales; Protected areas; gen. Turnera ser. Turnera; taxonomy

  Turnera macrosperma.
A-D. Populations from Tocantins (A-B, D) and Goiás (C). B. Detail of reproductive branch, showing a floral button (X) and an immature fruit (Y). D. Habitat, in savanna vegetation (Cerrado domain) of Tocantins, Brazil.
Photos: J. Fiori (A-B, D) and P. L. Ribeiro (C).

Turnera macrosperma L.Rocha & Arbo, sp. nov. 


Lamarck Rocha and Maria Mercedes Arbo. 2020. A New Species of Turnera (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae s. l.) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Systematic Botany. 45(4); 826-832. DOI: 10.1600/036364420X16033963649309