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Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-04
Page range: 149–160
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 5

Three new species of Lauraceae from the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil

UNESP - Campus Rio Claro
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal), Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Instituto de Biociências, Av. 24 A 1515, Bela Vista, Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, USA
Bahia Cinnamomum Espírito Santo Mezilaurus new species Williamodendron Magnoliids

Abstract

Three South-American new species belonging to Cinnamomum, Mezilaurus, and Williamodendron, are described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil. The new species are Cinnamomum baitelloanum, Mezilaurus sessiliflora, and Williamodendron itamarajuensis. Their putative relationships within the respective genus are discussed.