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Type: Article
Published: 2011-09-30
Page range: 41–50
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Three new endemic species of Muellera (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae) from Brazil

Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, Goiânia, 74001-970, GO, Brazil
Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, Campinas, 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Eudicots Endemism Leguminosae Systematics

Abstract

Based on studies of herbarium collections, and fieldwork in Brazil for a taxonomic revision of the genus Muellera, were discovered three new species which are described and illustrated here: M. fernandesii, M. leptobotrys and M. nitens. In addition, aspects about the morphology and the geographical distribution of these species, as well as their affinities are discussed.