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Campylocentrum benellii and C. paludosum spp. nov. (Angraecinae–Orchidaceae): two new leafless species from Brazil
Author(s) -
Pessoa Edlley,
Rodrigues Miranda Marcelo,
Alves Marccus
Publication year - 2016
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/njb.00922
Subject(s) - orchidaceae , epiphyte , biology , amazon rainforest , key (lock) , atlantic forest , botany , ecology
The leafless condition is present in two neotropical epiphyte genera of Orchidaceae, Campylocentrum and Dendrophylax . Only the first one is reported from Brazil, where seven leafless species are recorded, and four of them are endemic. This study describes two new species of Campylocentrum from the Atlantic forest of São Paulo state and Amazon forest of Acre, Mato Grosso and Rondônia states. It also provides a key to the Brazilian species of leafless Campylocentrum , illustrations, and a discussion of the affinities of the new species with allied ones.