Five New Species of Caraipa (Calophyllaceae) from the Venezuelan Guayana

Author(s)

Cabral, Fernanda Nunes ^{[1, 2]} ; Bittrich, Volker ^[3] ; Estanislau do Amaral, Maria do Carmo ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] MUSA, Museu Amazonia, Rua Planeta Plutao, BR-69060060 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estado Amazonas, 010 Av Djalma Batista, BR-3586 Flores, Amazonas - Brazil

^[3] R Mario de Nucci 500, BR-13083290 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Vegetal, Cidade Univ Zeferino Vaz, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SYSTEMATIC BOTANY; v. 43, n. 1, p. 240-249, JAN-MAR 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Five new species of Caraipa endemic to the Venezuelan Guayana are here described and illustrated. Three species are endemic to the Amazonas state: Caraipa acutata, endemic to the Guainia river; Caraipa cordifolia, endemic to the Path tepui; and Caraipa yutajensis, endemic to the Yutaje tepui. Two species are endemic to Bolivar state: Caraipa kubitzkii was collected on a river margin in uplands; and Caraipa nigrolineata from the uplands. We propose two synonymizations and present an identification key for the 20 species of Caraipa from Venezuela. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/51781-0 - Taxonomic, phylogenetic and genomic studies in the clade Caraipa-Haploclathra-Kielmeyera (Calophylleae, Calophyllaceae / Clusiaceae s. I.)
• Grantee: Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants