Although Stillingia loranthacea has commonly been considered a synonym of Stillingia saxatilis, it is reinstated to specific status in the present study. Stillingia loranthacea differs from S. saxatilis due to its orange-brown to dark brown bark, leaves sessile to subsessile (up to 4 mm long), obovate to elliptic-obovate with apex obtuse to rounded, base attenuate to decurrent, venation brochidodromous, and glands scutelliform. Both species are described and illustrated herein, including observations on habitat and conservation status, a map of distribution, a key, and a table containing distinctive characters. A lectotype is chosen for S. loranthacea.
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1 May 2014
Reinstatement and Lectotypification of Stillingia loranthacea (Euphorbiaceae), a Vulnerable Species from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia (Brazil), and a New Circumscription of Stillingia saxatilis
Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza,
André Laurênio de Melo,
Marcos José da Silva,
Margareth Ferreira de Sales
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 39 • No. 2
May 2014
Vol. 39 • No. 2
May 2014
Euphorbioideae
Hippomaneae
Morro do Chapéu
taxonomy