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Issue: Vol. 675 No. 3: 4 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.675.3.6
Page range: 273-282
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Discovery of Buxaceae in Acre State, southwestern Amazon: First record of this ancient plant family in Brazil

Universidade Federal do Acre, Laboratório de Botânica e Ecologia Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, BR 364, km 4, Distrito Industrial, CEP 69.920-900, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Acre, Laboratório de Botânica e Ecologia Vegetal, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Natureza, BR 364, km 4, Distrito Industrial, CEP 69.920-900, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Buxales Flora of Brazil new occurrence Styloceras brokawii taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

The first record of Buxaceae for the flora of Brazil was made during fieldwork at the Rio Acre Ecological Station, Acre State, on the border between Brazil and Peru. This study describes the first record of Styloceras brokawii in the region and distinguishes it from other species within the genus based primarily on leaf and fruit morphology.

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