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Issue: Vol. 422 No. 3: 30 October 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.422.3.2
Page range: 225–232
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Peperomia Ruiz & Pavon (Piperaceae) from southeastern Brazil and four new synonymies

Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, Asa Norte, CEP 70910–900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, CEP 22460–030, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Jardim Botânico, CEP 22460–030, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Espírito Santo State Minas Gerais State Peperomia subg. Leptorhynchum new taxa Magnoliids

Abstract

Of the 173 species of Peperomia in Brazil, 108 are endemic. Two new species of Peperomia are described from the state of Espírito Santo: P. aggregata and Peperomia spiritus-sancti, the latter one also occurring in Minas Gerais. Both species show characteristics of Peperomia subg. Leptorhynchum (Dahlst.) Trel. ex Samain. Illustrations and morphological comparisons are presented. Four new synonymies are proposed.