Open AccessFlora da Bahia: Melastomataceae – Tibouchina s.l.
Author(s) -
Juliana Gomes Freitas,
Andrea Karla Almeida dos Santos,
Paulo José Fernandes Guimarães,
Reyjane Patrícia de Oliveira
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sitientibus. série ciências biológicas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2238-4103
pISSN - 1519-6097
DOI - 10.13102/scb1111
Subject(s) - melastomataceae , key (lock) , flora (microbiology) , identification key , zoology , biology , taxonomy (biology) , geography , ecology , genetics , bacteria
A taxonomic treatment of Tibouchina s.l. from Bahia, Brazil, is presented. Thirty-seven species are recognized, one of them in Pleroma (P. michelangelii). Four species are new records for Northeast Brazil (T. crassiramis, T. elegans, T. granulosa and T. sebastianopolitana), 25 are endemic to the state and nine restricted to the Chapada Diamantina. The treatment includes an identification key, descriptions, illustrations, comments, and distribution maps of the species in the state.