A new species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil |
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| Authors: | INÊS CORDEIRO DANIELA SANTOS CARNEIRO-TORRES |
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| Institution: | Instituto de Botânica, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Cx. Postal 4005, 01061–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 3, BR 116, 44031–460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | During a study of the genus Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, a new species Phyllanthus gongyloides Cordeiro & Carneiro-Torres sp. nov. was found and is described and illustrated here. It is probably endemic to the area and is placed in subgen. Phyllanthus , sect. Phyllanthus , subsect. Clausseniani G. L. Webster. A new couplet to Webster's available key to the subsection is provided . © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2004, 146 , 247–250. |
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| Keywords: | Angiospermae Euphorbiaceae South American flora taxonomy |
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