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Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-06
Page range: 75–80
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Erythroxylum riparium (Erythroxylaceae), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Transnordestina, s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Campus Universitário – Trindade, 88040-900, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Km 16 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, 45600-970, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brasil
Bahia State Brazil Malpighiales taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Erythroxylum riparium, a new species of Erythroxylaceae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is described and illustrated. The species was found in southern Bahia State growing along river banks within tropical rain forest fragments. It can be distinguished from other similar species of Erythroxylum by the combination of branchlets intensely dotted with elliptic lenticels, these often united with each other, undulate leaf margin, three bracteoles per flower, and partially connate styles. These diagnostic characters and other observations concerning the new species are presented and compared with those from similar species.