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Issue: Vol. 288 No. 1: 9 December 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.288.1.9
Page range: 85–90
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Amazon species of Clusia sect. Brachystemon (Clusiaceae)

Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, CP 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Rua Dr. Mario de Nucci 500, 13083-290, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, CP 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Eudicots Amazon diversity hemiepiphytes lowland forest

Abstract

In this paper we describe and illustrate a new species of the genus Clusia (Clusiaceae) and compare it with morphologically most similar species. The new species, Clusia rubrifructa, occurs in Amazon lowland forests of Brazil, Colombia and Peru.