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Calathea dorothyae sp. nov. (Marantaceae) from the sandy coastal plains of southeastern Brazil
Author(s) -
Braga João Marcelo Alvarenga,
Kennedy Helen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01333.x
Subject(s) - biology , botany , endangered species , coastal plain , ecology , critically endangered , habitat
Calathea dorothyae J. M. A. Braga & H. Kenn. sp. nov. from the sandy coastal plains of southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. It is apparently endemic to the ‘Cabo Frio Center of Plant Diversity’, and it is considered ‘Critically Endangered’ (CR). The new species is somewhat similar to C. reginae J. M. A. Braga and C. sphaerocephala K. Schum. with which it is compared.