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Issue: Vol. 638 No. 2: 29 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-29
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.638.2.8
Page range: 204-208
Abstract views: 4
PDF downloaded: 0

A new species of Mesocapparis (Capparaceae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Programa de Pós‑Graduação em Botânica, Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460‑036, Brazil
Laboratório de Botânica, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, Guararema, 29500-000 Alegre, ES, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-030, Brazil
Brassicales Capparaceae Gynophore Eudicots

Abstract

Mesocapparis minutiflora, a new species for the Cerrado, is described and compared with related species. The taxon is described from the state of Tocantins and Piauí, with only five known collections. It is distinguished from other species mainly by the different shapes of leaf base, petiolar insertion, and the shorter size of petals, gynophore, and filaments. The conservation status of the new species is discussed, and information is provided on its flowering period and geographic distribution.

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