A new endemic species of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae s. str.) from the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil

MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA; RODOLFO CARNEIRO SODRÉ; LAURA CRISTINA DA SILVA ALMEIDA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.131.1.10

Issue: Vol. 131 No. 1: 13 September 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-09-13

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.131.1.10

Page range: 53–57

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**A new endemic species of Manihot (Euphorbiaceae s. str.) from the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil**

MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA⁺⁻
RODOLFO CARNEIRO SODRÉ⁺⁻
LAURA CRISTINA DA SILVA ALMEIDA⁺⁻

Diversity endemism Manihot sect. Peltatae wild cassava

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Abstract

A new species from the grasslands of the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Manihot kalungae, is described and illustrated herein. Based on morphological traits, the narrowly endemic species is proposed to belong to Manihot sect. Peltatae, a remarkable group of the genus due to the peculiar morphology of the leaves. A key to the species of Manihot sect. Peltatae is provided.