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Issue: Vol. 174 No. 4: 16 July 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.174.4.4
Page range: 231–236
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 23

Dasyphyllum diamantinense (Asteraceae, Barnadesioideae): a new species from the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Rua Pacheco Leão 2040, 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Rua Pacheco Leão 2040, 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Barnadesieae Campos rupestres Compositae Espinhaço Range northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Dasyphyllum diamantinense is a new species endemic to the Chapada Diamantina Mountains in the northern section of the Espinhaço Range, in Bahia State, Brazil, which grows in rocky fields, forests and savannas, and on inselbergs. The new taxon is morphologically similar to Dasyphyllum leptacanthum. Affinities and diagnostic characters are discussed, and illustrations and a map are provided.