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Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-30
Page range: 233–240
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Chamaecrista pauciflora (Fabaceae) a new species from the lowlands of the state of Tocantins, Brazil

Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences (Botany), Universidade Estadual Paulista, 18618-689, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
Postgraduate Program in Botany, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Asa Norte, 70.919-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Laboratório de Morfologia e Taxonomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Cerrado endemism flora Jalapão taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Taxonomic studies in the genus Chamaecrista based on botanical collections from its endemic area, detailed analysis of our own collections and of herbaria, and in specialized literature enabled the discovery of a new species in the State of Tocantins, Brazil. The new species Chamaecrista pauciflora is herein described, illustrated, assigned to Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus ser. Rigidulae and compared with C. azulana and C. filicifolia. The geographical distribution, conservation status, period of flowering and fruiting, morphological relationships, and environmental preferences of the new species are also provided. Additionally, a key to the species of Chamaecrista ser. Rigidulae occurring in Tocantins is presented.