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Issue: Vol. 305 No. 2: 24 April 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.305.2.3
Page range: 97–103
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Pavonia (Malvoideae, Malvaceae) from southern Bahia, Brazil

Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Laboratório de Sistemática Vegetal, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil. Instituto de Botânica, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Cx. Postal 3005, 01061-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Atlantic Rain Forest subgenus Goetheoides northeastern Brazil taxonomy Wet Coastal Forest Eudicots

Abstract

Two new species of Pavonia subgenus Goetheoides are described (Pavonia gerleniae and Pavonia macrobracteolata) from the wet coastal forests of eastern Brazil. This increases the number of species in the subgenus to 30, which is considered a high level of diversity for arborescent species in this geographically and ecologically limited area. We present morphological descriptions and comments, taxonomic relationships, pictures and conservation status of these species.