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Issue: Vol. 224 No. 3: 2 September 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.224.3.8
Page range: 291–295
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

Selaginella salinoi (Selaginellaceae), a new species from Brazil

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, CP 486, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Pós-graduação em Botânica, CP 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, CP 486, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Atlantic Rainforest Conservation Unit Lycopodiophyta spikemoss taxonomy Pteridophytes

Abstract

 

A species of Selaginella from Parque Nacional do Caparaó, in Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, is described as new to the science: Selaginella salinoi grows on rocks in Atlantic Rainforest vegetation at ca. 1200 m. The description includes photos of live plants and, scanning electron micrographs.