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Issue: Vol. 455 No. 1: 5 August 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.455.1.2
Page range: 9–20
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from Bolivia and Brazil, a new synonym, and an identification key for the genus in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, Barão Geraldo, 13083–862, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, Horto, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Rua Ceará s.n., 38400–902, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Bolivian Cerrado endemism Huanchaca Microlicieae Neotropics Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Serra Ricardo Franco Eudicots

Abstract

Microlicia windischii is a new species described from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and Serra Ricardo Franco State Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. We provide a detailed description of the new species and comparisons with its morphological relatives M. acuminata, M. arenariifolia, M. consimilis, M. juniperina, and M. multicaulis. Microlicia windischii is characterized by the linear-oblong leaf blades and subisomorphic stamens with concolorous and polysporangiate anthers. We also include an identification key for the four species of Microlicia from Mato Grosso and propose to synonymize M. souzae-limae under M. helvola.