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Pradosia restingae sp. nov. from the Atlantic forest, Brazil
Author(s) -
TerraAraujo Mário Henrique,
de Faria Aparecida Donisete,
AlvesAraujo Anderson,
Alves Marccus
Publication year - 2013
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.1756-1051.2012.01724.x
Subject(s) - atlantic forest , biology , sapotaceae , endangered species , ecology , rainforest , conservation status , forestry , geography , habitat
Pradosia restingae Terra‐Araujo, a new species of Sapotaceae (Chrysophylloideae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest is described and illustrated. It is only known from the southern coast of the State Rio Grande do Norte and is likely restricted to the coastal sand dune ecosystem, locally known as the restinga forest, from which the epithet is derived. The species is naturally common, but due the low number of known subpopulations we assign P. restingae a preliminary conservation status of ‘Endangered’ (EN).