During a field expedition to the Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, we found a new species of Fritzschia, a genus endemic to campos rupestres from the Espinhaço Range. Fritzschia cordifolia has cordate and succulent leaves with an apical gland, petals with glandular-ciliate margin, campanulate hypanthium, and antesepalous stamens with ventral appendages with deltoid lobes. The presence of seeds with a crested testa is reported here for the first time in Fritzschia. A description and illustration of the new species is provided, as well as its conservation status and its geographical distribution.
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6 August 2019
A New Endangered Species of Fritzschia Cham. (Melastomataceae, Marcetieae) from Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Rosana Romero,
Diego Nunes da Silva,
Orlando Cavalari De-Paula,
Maria José Reis da Rocha
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 44 • No. 3
August 2019
Vol. 44 • No. 3
August 2019
Brazilian flora
Campos rupestres
endemic
SEM images
Serra do Cipó
taxonomy