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Issue: Vol. 255 No. 1: 5 April 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.255.1.7
Page range: 75–82
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Peltaea (Malvaceae, Malvoideae) from the cerrado of Brazil

Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Curadoria do Herbário, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente. Caixa Postal 68041, 01061–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Curadoria do Herbário, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente. Caixa Postal 68041, 01061–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Endemism Espinhaço Mountain Range Malvavisceae SEM taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Three new species of Peltaea are described from the cerrado of Brazil: P. brasiliana from Distrito Federal, P. rupestris from the state of Minas Gerais and P. stellata from the state of Tocantins. Illustrations, comments on morphology, taxonomic relationships, and phenology are provided, as well as assessments of conservation status of the new species.