A new species of Emphasis Type="Italic"Almeidea

Authors: Carla P Bruniera Cláudia Inês da Silva Milton Groppo

Publish Date: 2011/06/09

Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 281-285

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Abstract

A new species of Almeidea Rutaceae belonging to the neotropical tribe Galipeeae subtribe Galipeinae is described and illustrated This new species Almeidea albiflora is known so far only from a few collections made in small disturbed forest remnants in the vicinity of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in the state of Espírito Santo and by a single collection from northern Rio de Janeiro state both in the domain of the Atlantic Forest Eastern Brazil Diagnostic features like white petals sericeous ovary and distal secondary axes as long as the proximal ones are identified Pollen morphology is also described and brief discussions of the relationships of the new taxon to other species of Almeidea as well as comments on its conservation status are providedThe authors would like to thank the curators of the herbaria ALCB BHCB CEPEC HUEFS MBML NY RB SP SPF visited during the study for their assistance and gifts of important collections of Rutaceae to SPFR the Departamento de Biologia FFCLRPUSP for making a vehicle available for fieldwork Dewey Litwiller University of Saskatchewan Canada for the English review Bruno Garcia Simões Favaretto for the illustrations the Departamento de Química FFCLRPUSP for the use of the scanning electron microscope and Rodrigo Ferreira Silva for technical guidance Jacquelyn Kallunki and an anonymous reviewer for the comments and suggestions on a earlier version of the text and to FAPESP Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa CNPq for financial support grants 2006/031700 and 2007/063360

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