Dorstenia acangatara (Moraceae), a new and threatened species from Southeastern Brazil

MARCELO D. M. VIANNA f.; ALESSANDRA DOS SANTOS; ANDERSON F. P. MACHADO; VIDAL DE FREITAS MANSANO; SERGIO ROMANIUC NETO

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.118.2.1

Issue: Vol. 118 No. 2: 29 July 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-07-29

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.118.2.1

Page range: 29–34

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Dorstenia acangatara (Moraceae), a new and threatened species from Southeastern Brazil

MARCELO D. M. VIANNA f.⁺⁻
ALESSANDRA DOS SANTOS⁺⁻
ANDERSON F. P. MACHADO⁺⁻
VIDAL DE FREITAS MANSANO⁺⁻
SERGIO ROMANIUC NETO⁺⁻

Dorstenia taxonomy Atlantic rainforest Neotropics

Abstract

Dorstenia acangatara (Moraceae), a new species, endemic to the Atlantic rainforest between Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais states, in Southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. D. acangatara is considered threatened by IUCN standards due to its restricted geographic area of occurrence.