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Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-23
Page range: 163–170
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New botanical discoveries of Myrtaceae from Bolivia and notes on Psidium hians 

Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília. Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70919-970, Brasil. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno. Avenida Irala 565, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Centro Especializado em Plantas Aromáticas, Medicinais e Tóxicas (CEPLAMT), Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Rua Gustavo da Silveira, 1035, 31080-010 Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Bolivian flora Chiquitanía meseta de Huanchaca new species new records Chiquitos Velasco Psidium nutans.

Abstract

A new species, Myrcia proencana is described from eastern Bolivia. It is known from the Serranía de Huanchaca in the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. M. proencana is compared with M. torta which is the species most similar. Also, we determined that Psidium hians should be considered as an accepted name, and P. nutans should be included in its synonymy. Additionally, Eugenia paranahybensis, E. pitanga, E. suberosa, Psidium misionum and P. myrsinites are reported as new records for the Bolivian flora.