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Issue: Vol. 273 No. 4: 12 September 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.273.4.2
Page range: 262–268
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

A remarkable new species of Qualea (Vochysiaceae) from Piauí state, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Postal Code 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Plant Biology Graduate Program, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 100 E 24th Street, 78712-15983, Austin, TX, United States of America.
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 3 – BR 116, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Postal Code 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Postal Code 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Caatinga Cerrado Myrtales Serra das Confusões National Park taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Qualea insignis, a new species of Vochysiaceae endemic to the Serra das Confusões area, Piauí state, Brazil, is here described and illustrated. The species is placed in Qualea sect. Costatifolium, due to the number of secondary veins/cm and the inflorescence architecture. A comparison with Q. grandiflora and Q. parviflora, the other species of the genus occurring in the Caatinga, is also provided.