New Species of Tibouchina (Melastomataceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rosana Romero; Paulo JoséFernandes Guimarães; Lúcio Leoni

doi:10.3417/2007136

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Rosana Romero,¹ Paulo JoséFernandes Guimarães,² Lúcio Leoni³

¹Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Caixa Postal 593, 38400-902, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil romero@inbio.ufu.br
²Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil paulo@jbrj.gov.br
³Herbário Guido Pabst, Caixa Postal 90, 36800-000, Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil lucioleoni@ig.com.br

Abstract

The new species Tibouchina melanocalyx R. Romero, P. J. F. Guimarães & Leoni (Melastomataceae) presents a glabrous hypanthium and calyx lobes, is black in dried material, has glabrous filaments and style, and has an ovary with a furrowed apex with five oblong appendages. These characteristics of the hypanthium and ovary are unique within the genus Tibouchina Aublet. This species occurs in highland, campos de altitude vegetation from the National Park of Caparaó and State Park of Serra do Brigadeiro, in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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Rosana Romero, Paulo JoséFernandes Guimarães, and Lúcio Leoni "New Species of Tibouchina (Melastomataceae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 19(2), 219-221, (18 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.3417/2007136

Published: 18 June 2009

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