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Issue: Vol. 747 No. 3: 18 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.747.3.4
Page range: 277-288
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Barbacenia rupestris (Velloziaceae), a new species from a prehistoric site in the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Fundação Zoobotânica da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte, Herbário BHZB, Belo Horizonte, MG 31365-450 Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Rua do Matão 277, Edifício Sobre-as-ondas, Herbário SPF, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, Herbário SP, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, São Paulo, São Paulo, 04301-012, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 312709-901, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 312709-901, Brazil
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Rua Boaventura da Silva 955, 66055-090, Belém, PA, Brazil
Campos Rupestres conservation flora of Brazil Pandanales Espinhaço Septentrional Monocots

Abstract

Floristic surveys near Monte Azul, Minas Gerais, have revealed a magenta-flowered Barbacenia inhabiting rocky outcrops bearing prehistoric paintings. The new species resembles B. tomentosa and B. luzulifolia in phyllotaxy and hypanthium size but differs mainly by its vivid corolla and reduced corona. Here, named Barbacenia rupestris, the new species epithet refers both to its rupicolous habitat and the prehistoric paintings.

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How to Cite

Ferreira-Júnior, C.A., Zavatin, D.A., Prado, J., Bragança, G.P.P., Isaias, R.M.D.S., Cabral, A. & Silva, R.R. (2026) Barbacenia rupestris (Velloziaceae), a new species from a prehistoric site in the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Phytotaxa 747 (3): 277–288. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.747.3.4