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Issue: Vol. 415 No. 1: 23 August 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.415.1.5
Page range: 65–72
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Connarus (Connaraceae) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, U.K.
Eudicots Oxalidales southeastern Brazil taxonomic novelties

Abstract

Two new species of Connarus are here described and illustrated: C. aureus and C. tomentosus. These taxa are until now known only to the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil. Diagnostic characteristics of the new species and an identification key of Connarus from Bahia and Espírito Santo states are provided, along with information on their habitat and ecology.