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Issue: Vol. 358 No. 3: 6 July 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.3.6
Page range: 289–294
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of northeastern Brazilian endemic genus Harpochilus (Acanthaceae)

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, CEP: 52171-900 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural, Av. Universitária, s/n, Santa Cecília, CEP: 58708-110 Patos, Paraíba, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural, Av. Universitária, s/n, Santa Cecília, CEP: 58708-110 Patos, Paraíba, Brazil
Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia, Campus I, Rua Baraúnas, 351, Bairro Universitário, CEP: 58429-500 Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Acanthaceae Brazilian northeastern diversity flora Eudicots

Abstract

A new species, Harpochilus paraibanus (Acanthaceae), is described from the semiarid region of Paraiba State, Brazil. The species is characterized mainly by having cylindrical branches and pale yellow corollas. Only nine individuals of this new species were encountered in the study area, resulting in its classification as endangered (EN) according to IUCN criteria.