Unraveling Tragia peltata (Euphorbiaceae): taxonomy, morphology, distribution and conservation

WESLEY PATRÍCIO FREIRE DE SÁ CORDEIRO; ANDRÉ LAURÊNIO DE MELO; MARGARETH FERREIRA DE SALES; SARAH MARIA ATHIÊ-SOUZA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.6

Issue: Vol. 570 No. 1: 25 October 2022

Type: Article

Published: 2022-10-25

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.570.1.6

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**Unraveling Tragia peltata (Euphorbiaceae): taxonomy, morphology, distribution and conservation**

WESLEY PATRÍCIO FREIRE DE SÁ CORDEIRO⁺⁻
ANDRÉ LAURÊNIO DE MELO⁺⁻
MARGARETH FERREIRA DE SALES⁺⁻
SARAH MARIA ATHIÊ-SOUZA⁺⁻

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Conservação, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, 56900-000, Recife, PE, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil

Endemic species Atlantic Forest Plukenetieae Tragiinae Vellozo Eudicots

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Abstract

Tragia peltata was published by Friar José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo in 1831, with a brief description of the leaf blade and a rudimentary illustration, subsequently Müller Argoviensis measured the size leaf blade—those being the only references to this species for more than 190 years. Specimens collected from 1971 onwards from the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro were recently encountered, however, in herbaria in that country. It is therefore possible to complement the description of T. peltata, update its geographic distribution range, and determine its conservation status; the species is also lectotypified here.

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