Phyllanthus dardanoi is described and illustrated as a new species apparently endemic to montane forests in northeastern Brazil. It belongs to Phyllanthus sect. Phyllanthus subsect. Clausseniani, and is characterized by staminate flowers with five sepals, two stamens completely connate into a column and with anthers slightly emarginate, dehiscing horizontally, and a cupuliform disk. The new species is similar to P. subemarginatus.
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29 March 2021
Phyllanthus dardanoi, a New Species of Phyllanthaceae from Northeastern Brazil
Jone Clebson Ribeiro Mendes,
Marcos José da Silva,
Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza,
Margareth Ferreira de Sales
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 46 • No. 1
January–March 2021
Vol. 46 • No. 1
January–March 2021
Montane forest
Phyllanthus sect. Phyllanthus
Phyllanthus subsect. Clausseniani
taxonomy