A New Large-Flowered Species of Rhynchosia (Leguminosae) from the Brazilian Caatinga Seasonally Dry Woodlands

Autor(es)

de Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci ^[1] ; Cardoso, Domingos B. O. S. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Programa Posgrad Bot, Av Transnordestina S-N, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Bahia, Inst Biol, Rua Barao de Jeremoabo S-N, BR-40170115 Salvador, BA - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: SYSTEMATIC BOTANY; v. 43, n. 4, p. 975-979, OCT-DEC 2018.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

The new species Rhynchosia franciscana (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) is described and illustrated from the seasonally dry vegetation on sand dunes of the middle Sao Francisco River in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is included in Rhynchosia section Copisma, in which it can be differentiated from other species by its relatively larger flowers and wing petals that are shorter than the keel. The discovery of this narrowly endemic new plant species adds to the spectacularly rich biodiversity that has been revealed in the Caatinga seasonally dry woodlands in the middle sao Francisco River valley over the last 30 yr. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/50488-5 - Nordeste: uma nova ciência para um importante, porém negligenciado bioma
• Beneficiário: Jonathan James Lloyd
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa SPEC