A New Species of Smilax and a Key to All Species from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Regina Helena Potsch Andreata

doi:10.1600/036364409787602302

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Regina Helena Potsch Andreata¹

¹Laboratório de Angiospermas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Bolsista CNPq, Universid

Abstract

A new species, Smilax pilosa, is described from the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Smilax pilosa is the only Brazilian species of this genus having a dense indumentum covering the entire abaxial surface of the leaf. The new species is similar to Smilax muscosa Toledo but differs in that the latter has only a sparse indumentum restricted to the veins of the abaxial leaf face. The present study examines the affinity between the two species, reports the newly extended geographic distribution of Smilax muscosa into Espirito Santo State, and presents a key to the 22 species of Smilax that occur in Minas Gerais.

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Regina Helena Potsch Andreata "A New Species of Smilax and a Key to All Species from Minas Gerais, Brazil," Systematic Botany 34(1), 28-31, (1 January 2009). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364409787602302

Published: 1 January 2009

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