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Type: Article
Published: 2019-01-23
Page range: 266–274
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Justicia carajensis, a new species of Acanthaceae from the Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Prog. Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas - Botânica Tropical, Av. Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077-830, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - MPEG, Campus de Pesquisa, Coord. Botânica - COBOT, Av. Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077-830, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, Av. Miguel Stéfano 3687, Água Funda, 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Amazon endemism Justicieae Justicia sect. Chaetothylax taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Justicia carajensis, is described from the Serra dos Carajás as part of the ongoing taxonomic study of Justicia from the state of Pará in northern Brazil. Morphologically, it belongs to Justicia sect. Chaetothylax, and differs from other species by a combination of characters of calyx lobe length and indumentum, corolla tube shape, anther morphology, and ovary and fruit indumentum.