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Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-18
Page range: 141–175
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Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision 

Universidade de São Paulo
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Paulo Minatel Gonella

Bachelor's degree in Biology by the Universidade de São Paulo (obtained in 2010)

Master's degree in Biology (Botany) by the Universidade de São Paulo (obtained in 2012) - Thesis: Taxonomic Revision of the Brazilian-tetraploid clade of Drosera (Droseraceae)

Ph.D. in progress (2013-) by the Universidade de São Paulo - Project: Systematics of Drosera sect. Drosera (Droseraceae) senso stricto

Universidade de São Paulo
LMU Munich, Systematic Botany and Mycology
Brazil carnivorous plants Drosera tentaculata Drosera tomentosa Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata Drosera spirocalyx ecology morphology new species lectotypification taxonomy

Abstract

The species of the affinity of Drosera montana (Droseraceae) are reviewed taxonomically and the complex is redefined to include only D. montana, D. tentaculata, D. tomentosa var. tomentosa, D. tomentosa var. glabrata, and D. spirocalyx. The latter is a newly described narrow endemic species from the Serra do Cipó in central Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The morphological characters distinguishing these five taxa from each other and from other similar species are discussed together with habitat and ecological information. Detailed illustrations, photographs, distribution maps and an identification key are provided. A lectotype for D. tomentosa is here designated.