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Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-09
Page range: 96–100
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A new endangered species of Polygala (Polygalaceae) from Niquêlandia, Goiás, Brazil

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Curitibanos, herbário CTBS, Rod. Ulysses Gaboardi, km 3, Curitibanos, SC, 89520-000, Brazil
Eudicots Taxonomy endemic South America Nickel

Abstract

A new endangered species of Polygala restricted to a small area used for nickel mining from Goiás, Brazil is here described. Provided here a description, photos from a dissecting scope, a distribution map, and, additionally, the new species is compared with the morphologically most similar ones, P. appendiculata and P. tenuis.