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Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-24
Page range: 291–296
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Maranta nanica (Marantaceae), a new dwarf species from Central Brazil

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Monocots Brazilian Flora Maranta clade Neotropics Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Maranta (Marantaceae) from Central Brazil is described and illustrated. The species is recognizable due to its small rosulate habit, unbranched aerial shoot, hirtellous bracts with apex acute, sub-brachyblastic cymules, and each bracteole subtending a single flower.