Rocky outcrops surrounded by vegetation in northeastern Brazil form special ecosystems of high species richness and endemism and represent priority areas for biodiversity studies and conservation measures. Floristic surveys of rocky outcrops in the State of Ceará resulted in the identification of a new species of Solanum from the Thomasiifolium clade. Its morphological description, geographic distribution, habitat, ecology, informal conservation status, and environmental suitability models are provided and discussed.
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30 May 2019
Description of a New Species of Spiny Solanum (Solanaceae) from Rocky Outcrops of Northeastern Brazil, with Modeling of Its Environmental Suitability
Valéria da Silva Sampaio,
Yuri Fernandes Gouvêa,
Elnatan Bezerra de Souza,
Leandro José-Silva,
Pedro V. Eisenlohr,
Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 44 • No. 2
May 2019
Vol. 44 • No. 2
May 2019
Caatinga
Endemism
Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum
species distribution modeling
Thomasiifolium clade