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Goeppertia mendesiana sp. nov. (Marantaceae) from Bahia, Brazil, with a key to the species of Goeppertia with ornamented leaves in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil
Author(s) -
Saka Mariaomi,
Popovkin Alex V.
Publication year - 2017
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.01624
Subject(s) - biology , key (lock) , atlantic forest , botany , genus , conservation status , ecology , habitat
Goeppertia mendesiana , a new species from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated. It resembles G. widgrenii (Körn.) Borchs. & Suárez, but differs from that species by its villose petioles and peduncles (vs glabrous in G. widgrenii ) and by the absence of bracteoles and interphylls, a rare feature in the genus. The ecology, distribution and conservation status of the new species is presented, along with a key to the species of Goeppertia with ornamented leaves in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil.