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Issue: Vol. 309 No. 1: 9 June 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.309.1.9
Page range: 85–89
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Clusia goscinnyi, a new species of Clusia section Oedematopus (Clusiaceae)

Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, C. P. 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Current address: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Av. Rio Paranaíba n.º 1.241, 38280-000, Iturama, MG, Brazil.
Rua Dr. Mario de Nucci 500, 13083-290, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, C. P. 6109, Universidade Estadual de Campinas–UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Amazon forest cloud forests Clusioid clade hemiepiphytes Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Clusia sect. Oedematopus is described and illustrated. The species can be distinguished from others in this section mainly by its 14–31 stamens in staminate flowers, 8–10 staminodes in pistillate flowers and discontinuous secretory canals visible on the abaxial surface of the leaf blade.