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

André Márcio Amorim; JOMAR GOMES JARDIM; RENATO GOLDENBERG

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.175.1.5

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

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

André Márcio Amorim⁺⁻
JOMAR GOMES JARDIM⁺⁻
RENATO GOLDENBERG⁺⁻

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

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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.