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Myrcia cupreiflora (Myrtaceae), a new species from the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A new species of Myrcia (Myrtaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro is described and illustrated. The species is recognizable by its strongly bullate leaf blades, long, axillary and terminal, coppery and strigose inflorescences and calyces completely fused in the flower buds, tearing deeply vertically into 4–5 homogeneous sepals at anthesis. We herein provide a morphological description of the new species along with taxonomic notes, preliminary conservation status, illustrations, and a map of occurrence records.

Source: Phytotaxa

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.663.2.5

Authors: THIAGO FERNANDES, PAULO HENRIQUE GAEM, THAIS N.C. VASCONCELOS, MASSIMO GIUSEPPE BOVINI, JOÃO MARCELO ALVARENGA BRAGA

Institutions: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4401689986

FWCI: 0.118

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