The discovery of Lacandonia (Triuridaceae) in Brazil

ALINE MELO; MARCCUS ALVES

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.3

Issue: Vol. 40 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-23

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.40.1.3

Page range: 21–25

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The discovery of Lacandonia (Triuridaceae) in Brazil

ALINE MELO⁺⁻
MARCCUS ALVES⁺⁻

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Dept. Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. CEP: 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Monocots Atlantic forest Dioscoreales myco-heterotrophs plants Brazil

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Abstract

Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae) is a species only known from Mexico. Recently a very similar plant was discovered in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil and it is described here as a new species. This is the first record of Lacandonia in South America.