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Issue: Vol. 701 No. 1: 13 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-13
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.701.1.4
Page range: 56-68
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Jacquemontia verae (Convolvulaceae): a new species from Brazilian savannas

Instituto Tecnológico Vale – Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 66055-200, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, CEP 44036-900
Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Sede Quirinópolis, Herbário José Ângelo Rizzo (JAR), 75860-000, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil
Instituto Tecnológico Vale – Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 66055-200, Belém, Pará, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Pará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, 66075-110, Belém, Pará, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, Núcleo Conservação da Biodiversidade, 04301-902, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Cerrado endangered plant palynology taxonomy tropical America Eudicots

Abstract

Jacquemontia verae is described as a new species from “cerrado rupestre” vegetation in the Cerrado biome of Goiás, Brazil. Line drawings and photographs illustrate the new species, including optical and scanning electron microscope images of pollen. It is compared morphologically with similar species of Jacquemontia and an identification key to species from the state of Goiás is provided. The conservation status of the new species is informally assessed as Critically Endangered (CR). Its relationships within Jacquemontia and its stigma structure are discussed.

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Pastore, M., Moreira, A.L.C., Morais, I.L.D., Romeiro, L.A. & Simão-Bianchini, R. (2025) Jacquemontia verae (Convolvulaceae): a new species from Brazilian savannas. Phytotaxa 701 (1): 56–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.701.1.4