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Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-04
Page range: 235–253
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Four new rupicolous species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) endemic to Espírito Santo, Brazil

Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica, Herbarium UCPB, Caixa Postal 19031, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Museu de Biologia Professor Mello Leitão, CEP 29650-000, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Museu de Biologia Professor Mello Leitão, CEP 29650-000, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, CEP 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica, Caixa Postal 19031, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Eudicots Inselberg Melastomateae Tibouchina

Abstract

Four new species from the complex around Pleroma heteromallum, endemic from Espírito Santo, Brazil, are described: Pleroma cucullatum, P. fontanae, P. fornograndense and P. venetiense. All these new species are rupicolous, grow in vegetation associated with inselbergs, and are endangered. We present descriptions, taxonomic comments, illustrations, conservation status assignments for the new species, and an identification key for the species of Pleroma in Espírito Santo with stamens with glandulose pedoconnective and appendages, similar to the new species