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Title of Journal: Brittonia
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Rodrigo Schütz Rodrigues Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi
Publish Date: 2010/03/14
Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-25
Abstract
Two new species of Leptolobium from Brazil are described and illustrated Leptolobium araguaiense restricted to northern Brazil is similar to L panamense but differs in raceme length ovary pubescence flower and bract length hilum shape habit geographical distribution and preferential habitat Leptolobium multijugum from midwestern Brazil is perhaps most closely related to L glaziovianum but it has more numerous leaflets and smaller bracts and bracteoles than any other species in the genusWe are grateful to Andréia S Flores for her assistance throughout this work and to Rogério Lupo for preparing the illustrations The curators of the cited herbaria are thanked for specimen loans We express our appreciation to the Universidade Estadual de Campinas Departamento de Botânica We appreciate the review and helpful comments on the manuscript offered by Dr Benjamin Torke and an anonymous reviewer This paper is a part of the PhD thesis of R S Rodrigues presented to the “Programa de PósGraduação em Biologia Vegetal” of the Institute of Biology Unicamp Financial support was provided by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo FAPESP proc 00/094290
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