A new species of Ouratea (Ochnaceae) from the Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Brazil

FERNANDA OLIVEIRA SILVA; MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA; ANDRÉ M. AMORIM

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.373.1.4

Issue: Vol. 373 No. 1: 23 October 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-10-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.373.1.4

Page range: 86–90

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**A new species of Ouratea (Ochnaceae) from the Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Brazil**

FERNANDA OLIVEIRA SILVA⁺⁻
MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA⁺⁻
ANDRÉ M. AMORIM⁺⁻

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua Prof. Nelson Chaves s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Caixa Postal 5065, Cidade Universitária, 58051-970, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Salobrinho, 45662-900, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Herbário CEPEC, Km 22 Rodovia Itabuna-Ilhéus, 45650-970, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

Lowland coastal forest Malpighiales Ochnoideae Eudicots

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Abstract

Ouratea robusta, a new species from the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. Comments about the habitat, phenology and distribution are presented. The new species is morphologically similar to O. crassa and O. fieldingiana, both occurring in the states of Alagoas, Bahia and Sergipe, but can be easily distinguished from these by the entire or slightly serrate leaves, flabellate petals and the showy, stout panicle.