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A new species of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) from the Itatiaia Plateau of Brazil

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Author(s):
Aranha Filho, Joao Luiz M. [1, 2] ; Meireles, Leonardo Dias [1] ; Fritsch, Peter W. [3] ; Almeda, Frank [3] ; Martins, Angela B. [1]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Plant Biol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Prefeitura Municipal Mariana, Secretaria Municipal Meio Ambiente, BR-35420000 Mariana, MG - Brazil
[3] Calif Acad Sci, Dept Bot, San Francisco, CA 94118 - USA
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: BRITTONIA; v. 64, n. 3, p. 252-256, 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

Symplocos minima, a new species of Symplocos section Hopea from the Itatiaia Plateau in the Atlantic Rain Forest biome of southeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. This species is distinguished by its densely compact shrubby habit, ascending leaves, fasciculate inflorescences with several persistent bracts, corolla with five to six erect lobes, pistillate flowers with the disc not thickened along the margin, fruiting calyx lobes obscuring the disc, and seeds sub-orbicular in cross section. The new species is morphologically related to S. itatiaiae and S. pentandra, but can be differenciated from them mainly due to the tree habit and fruiting calyx lobes not obscuring the disc in S. itatiaiae and the pistillate flowers with a disc that is thickened along the margin in S. pentandra. (AU)