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Issue: Vol. 765 No. 3: 2 Jul. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.765.3.2
Page range: 231-245
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Conchocarpus piranii (Galipeinae, Rutaceae), a new species from Eastern Brazil, with notes on its palynology, foliar and flower anatomy, and phylogenetic position

Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo; Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900; 14051-901; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo; Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900; 14051-901; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo; Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900; 14051-901; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo; Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900; 14051-901; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal; Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s.n. Vila Industrial; 14884-900; Jaboticabal; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal; Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s.n. Vila Industrial; 14884-900; Jaboticabal; São Paulo; Brazil
Department of Biology; Aarhus University; Ny Munkegade 116; 8000 Aarhus C; Denmark; Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; the Netherlands
Centro Universitário Módulo; Curso de Ciências Biológicas; Rua Maria D’Assumpção Carvalho; 1000; CEP: 11662-047; Caraguatatuba; São Paulo; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto; Universidade de São Paulo; Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900; 14051-901; Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Atlantic Rainforest morphology Neotropics pollen Sapindales systematics taxonomy Eudicots plant morphology plant taxonomy

Abstract

Conchocarpus piranii (tribe Galipeeae, Rutaceae), a new species within the Neotropical subtribe Galipeinae, is described and illustrated. The new species occurs within the coastal forest vegetation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest domain. Morphologically, Conchocarpus piranii is most like to other species of the genus with inflorescences bearing foliaceous bracts such as C. bellus. C. cuneifolius, and C. macrophyllus, but differs from them by its non-umbilicate ovary with a terminal style, whereas the other species exhibit an umbilicate ovary. Our DNA based phylogenetic analysis revealed that species with foliaceous inflorescences within Conchocarpus are not closely related to each other. Additional data on foliar and floral anatomy, as well as palynology, are provided, along with comments on the geographic distribution and conservation status of C. piranii.

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Groppo, M., Fabro, A.D., Maeoka, H.M., Nogueira, F.M., Dutra, F.V., Gasparino, E.C., Ferreira, P.L., Miranda, M.D. & Afonso, L.F. (2026) Conchocarpus piranii (Galipeinae, Rutaceae), a new species from Eastern Brazil, with notes on its palynology, foliar and flower anatomy, and phylogenetic position. Phytotaxa 765 (3): 231–245. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.765.3.2