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Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-15
Page range: 279–284
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A new species of Calea (Asteraceae—Neurolaeneae) from Goiás State, Brazil

Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, Av. Esperança, s/n, Vila Itatiaia, Goiânia, GO, 74690-900, Brazil
QMSW 04, lote 10, Ap. 212, Setor Sudoeste, Brasília, DF, 70680-400, Brazil
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, Av. Esperança, s/n, Vila Itatiaia, Goiânia, GO, 74690-900, Brazil
Cerrado Compositae Calea sect. Monanthocalea Eudicots Brazil

Abstract

A new species of Calea sect. Monanthocalea (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) is here described as C. aldamoides, an endemic species from Goiás State, Brazil. This new species is recognized by the petiolate lanceolate leaves with suprabasal acrodromous venation, and by the terminal radiate capitula. It is closely related to C. abbreviata and C. multiplinervia, and differs from both mainly by the size and margins of the leaves, and the number of the ray florets; it also differs from C. multiplinervia by the size of the pappus scales. Illustrations, comments, distribution map, and conservation status are provided for the new species. Additionally, a diagnostic key to the Brazilian’s Central-West species of C. sect. Monanthocalea is provided.