Pradosia restingae sp. nov. from the Atlantic forest,Brazil |
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Authors: | Mário Henrique Terra‐Araujo Aparecida Donisete de Faria Anderson Alves‐Araujo Marccus Alves |
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Affiliation: | Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia, Av. André Araujo 2936, BR‐69060 000 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | Pradosia restingae Terra‐Araujo, a new species of Sapotaceae (Chrysophylloideae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest is described and illustrated. It is only known from the southern coast of the State Rio Grande do Norte and is likely restricted to the coastal sand dune ecosystem, locally known as the restinga forest, from which the epithet is derived. The species is naturally common, but due the low number of known subpopulations we assign P. restingae a preliminary conservation status of ‘Endangered’ (EN). |
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