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Rediscoveries in Eriocaulaceae: seven narrowly distributed taxa from the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Author(s) -
Echternacht Livia,
Trovó Marcelo,
Takeo Sano Paulo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.201000008
Subject(s) - iucn red list , taxon , range (aeronautics) , geography , habitat , biology , ecology , composite material , materials science
We report the rediscovery of seven Eriocaulaceae taxa, which were known exclusively from the type collection or from historic collections. The taxa are Actinocephalus cipoensis , Actinocephalus coutoensis , Actinocephalus ithyphyllus , Paepalanthus argenteus var. elatus , Paepalanthus decussus , Paepalanthus stuetzelii , and Syngonanthus circinnatus , all narrowly distributed. They occur in the southern and central part of the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, Brazil. We provide a brief taxonomic comment for each taxon, as well as details about the populations, habitat, and a revised IUCN conservation status. Finally, we discuss the earlier and present collecting efforts at the visited sites, as well as some conservational aspects (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)