Open AccessGorceixia decurrens (Compositae: Vernonieae): new for Bahia State, Brazil
Author(s) -
D. J. N. Hind,
Ana María Giulietti,
R. M. Harley
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
sitientibus. série ciências biológicas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2238-4103
pISSN - 1519-6097
DOI - 10.13102/scb8167
Subject(s) - woodland , genus , geography , flora (microbiology) , state (computer science) , botany , biology , computer science , paleontology , algorithm , bacteria
Recent fieldwork and collections have added a new genus to the Compositae flora of Bahia State, Brazil. Gorceixia decurrens is newly recorded for the State from Caatinga woodland along the lower part of the Estrada Real, in the municipality of Rio de Contas. A full description is provided, its distribution and conservation status discussed; likely affinities in the Vernonieae are discussed with the conclusion that it belongs to the subtribe Piptocarphinae.