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Issue: Vol. 630 No. 2: 14 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.630.2.4
Page range: 133-141
Abstract views: 158
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Croton carajasensis, a new species from Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazilian Amazon

Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal; Departamento de Botânica; Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”; 18618-970; Botucatu; SP; Brazil
Coordenação de Botânica; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; 66077-830; Belém; PA; Brazil
Brachystemma bifid petals Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary lectotype Neora Valley National Park var. nov. Eudicots

Abstract

During a floristic survey of Euphorbiaceae in cangas (areas of iron-rich soils) of the Serra dos Carajás (Pará State, Brazil), a new species of Euphorbiaceae was found. Croton carajasensis is only known from cangas vegetation and it is herein described and illustrated. The relationships of the new taxon with the most morphologically similar species (C. abaitensis, C. adamantinus, C. harleyi and C. ramosissimus) and its infrageneric position are discussed. We also include a distribution map, comments on habitat, flowering, fruiting, and a preliminary assessment of the species’ conservation status.

 

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