Two new species of Rourea (Connaraceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

CÁSSIO A. P. TOLEDO; VINICIUS CASTRO SOUZA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.408.2.4

Issue: Vol. 408 No. 2: 28 June 2019

Type: Article

Published: 2019-06-28

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.408.2.4

Page range: 117–122

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**Two new species of Rourea (Connaraceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil**

CÁSSIO A. P. TOLEDO⁺⁻
VINICIUS CASTRO SOUZA⁺⁻

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal. Instituto de Biolgia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP. CEP: 13083-862. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, U.K.

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”-ESALQ. Universidade de São Paulo-USP, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Piracicaba, SP. CEP: 13428-900.

Oxalidales southeastern Brazil taxonomic novelties Eudicots

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Abstract

While developing taxonomic studies about Connaraceae in Brazil, two new species of Rourea were discovered. Rourea barbata and R. prostrata are here described and illustrated. The new taxa belong to Rourea subgen. Rourea sect. Multifoliolatae and comparisons to morphologically similar species are provided, along with notes on their distribution, habitat, taxonomy and conservation status.