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Issue: Vol. 633 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.633.1.4
Page range: 29-40
Abstract views: 76
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A new endangered species of Caperonia (Acalyphoideae, Euphorbiaceae) from South Brazil, with morphological and phylogenetic support

Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Departamento de Botânica; Campus Capão do Leão; Caixa Postal 354; 96010-900; Pelotas; RS; Brazil. Real Jardín Botánico (RJB); CSIC; Plaza de Murillo 2; 28014 Madrid; Spain
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501-970; Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Departamento de Botânica; Campus Capão do Leão; Caixa Postal 354; 96010-900; Pelotas; RS; Brazil. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501-970; Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil
Eudicots Caperonieae conservation status conservation unit Parque Estadual do Itapeva phylogeny systematics

Abstract

Caperonia (Acalyphoideae, Euphorbiaceae) is a monophyletic genus with 36 species naturally distributed in Latin America, Africa, and Madagascar. Its greatest diversity occurs in South America, where 28 species are found. Caperonia species are herbs or subshrubs that occur exclusively in open marshy environments. Here, we describe Caperonia itapevae, a new endangered species known from a single record from South Brazil, based on extensive morphological study and phylogenetic data.

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