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Issue: Vol. 403 No. 2: 10 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.403.2.7
Page range: 137–141
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of jambú (Acmella, Heliantheae, Asteraceae) from Amazonia, Brazil

Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus pesquisa, Programa de pós-graduação em botânica tropical. Av. perimetral 1901, Terra firme, cep: 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus pesquisa, Programa de pós-graduação em botânica tropical. Av. perimetral 1901, Terra firme, cep: 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul. Av. Cap. Olinto Mancini, 1662, Colinos, cep: 79600-080, Três Lagoas, Mato grosso do Sul, Brazil
Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Campus pesquisa, Programa de pós-graduação em botânica tropical. Av. perimetral 1901, Terra firme, cep: 66077-530, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Eudicots Compositae Heliantheae Spilanthinae Taxonomy

Abstract

While studying the tribe Heliantheae (Asterecaceae) in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, a new species of Acmella was discovered. This and three other species of the genus are popularly known as jambú and used in the local cuisine. This work provides an identification key, a detailed description, comments and an illustration of the new species. Based on what is known, the species is endemic to Pará and, consequently, to the Brazilian Legal Amazon.