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Issue: Vol. 175 No. 1: 30 July 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.175.1.5
Page range: 45–50
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 1

Physeterostemon gomesii (Melastomataceae): the fourth species of this endemic genus in Bahia, Brazil

1Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Km 16 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, Ilhéus, 45600-970, Bahia, Brazil Herbarium CEPEC, CEPLAC. Km 22 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, Ilhéus, 45600-970, Bahia, Brazil
3Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Natal, 59072-970, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Botânica. Campus do Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, 81531-970, Paraná, Brazil
Atlantic Forest Eriocnema Miconieae taxonomy

Abstract

Physeterostemon gomesii is described and illustrated. In addition, a map and a key to all four taxa of this genus are provided. This species can be distinguished from other Physeterostemon species by its non-rhizomatous shrubby habit, 5-merous flowers, 10 stamens, and 3-locular ovary.

How to Cite

Amorim, A.M., Jardim, J.G. & Goldenberg, R. (2014)

Physeterostemon gomesii (Melastomataceae): the fourth species of this endemic genus in Bahia, Brazil

. Phytotaxa 175 (1): 45–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.175.1.5