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Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-02
Page range: 278–284
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A new species of Miconia (Miconieae, Melastomataceae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Pós-Graduação em Biologia Vegetal. Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz,13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica, Centro Politécnico, Caixa Postal19031 CEP 81531-970 Curitiba,Paraná, Brazil.
Miconia Melastomataceae Brazilian Amazonia

Abstract

A new species of Miconia sect. Miconia subsection Seriatiflorae. was collected in Igapó Forest from the Purus-Madeira interfluve, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. This new species, Miconia suberosa, can be distinguished from other species in the subsection by a variety of morphological features, namely: (i) treelet habit; (ii) deeply fissured bark with a thick cork; (iii) long dendritic hairs with short arms on young branches, inflorescences and leaves; (iv) petiolated leaves with rounded to obtuse bases, and ciliate margins, congested at the branch apices; and, (v) truncated stigmas.