Tetrapterys Cav. (Malpighiaceae) from Brazilian Midwest

Abstract

We present a floristic survey of the genus Tetrapterys (Malpighiaceae) from the Brazilian Midwest, including morphological descriptions, keys, comments on taxonomy and phenology, illustrations, and distribution maps for all species. Nine species were found in the studied area: T. ambigua, T. crispa, T. discolor, T. hassleriana, T. jussieuana, T. microphylla, T. mucronata, T. racemulosa, and T. ramiflora. The distribution of species shows a collection gap mostly in northern States of Mato Grosso and southeastern Mato Grosso do Sul. Only T. ambigua and T. ramiflora were found in all federal units within the Brazilian Midwest, and three species were recorded for just one, T. hassleriana and T. racemulosa in Mato Grosso do Sul, and T. microphylla in Goiás, restricted to the Chapada dos Veadeiros.

Malpighiaceae in the Raso da Catarina Ecoregion, Bahia, Brazil

“…Among the taxonomic studies that have contributed to the knowledge of Neotropical Malpighiaceae, those from Anderson, C. (1989Anderson, C. ( , 1995Anderson, C. ( , 1997Anderson, C. ( , 2007 and Anderson, W. (1982Anderson, W. ( , 1987Anderson, W. ( , 1990Anderson, W. ( , 1993Anderson, W. ( , 1995aAnderson, W. ( , 1997Anderson, W. ( , 1999Anderson, W. ( , 2001Anderson, W. ( , 2007 should be highlighted. In Brazil, there are several studies regarding this family from Mamede (1981Mamede ( , 1984Mamede ( , 1987, Amorim (1994Amorim ( , 2003, Sebastiani (2010), Sebastiani & Mamede (2010), Alexandrino et al (2011);Francener et al (2015), Almeida & Mamede (2014, 2016, Almeida (2015Almeida ( , 2016Almeida ( , 2017, Alves & Sebastiani (2015), Sebastiani et al (2015), Almeida et al (2013Almeida et al ( , 2016aAlmeida et al ( , 2016bAlmeida et al ( , 2017aAlmeida et al ( , 2017b, Almeida & Amorim (2014a, 2014b, 2015a, 2015b, Amorim & Almeida (2015), Almeida & Hall (2016), and Almeida & Pellegrini (2016). For Northeastern Brazil, floristic studies were elaborated for the Malpighiaceae from...…”

A generic synopsis of Malpighiaceae in the Atlantic Forest

“…Tetrapterys comprises about 69 species distributed in cerrado and tropical rain forest in the Neotropics (Anderson et al ). About 30 species are recorded for Brazil, with nine species reaching the Atlantic Forest, occurring in rain forest, seasonally dry forest, and on inselbergs (Almeida and Amorim , Almeida and Mamede , Francener et al , BFG , Silva and Almeida ).…”

“…comprises subshrubs, shrubs and some woody lianas mostly found in cerrado and seasonally dry tropical forest in South America (Davis and Anderson , Almeida et al unpubl.). No modern revision of this genus is available, except for a taxonomic study of Tetrapterys from midwestern Brazil (Francener et al ). We are working on a manuscript segregating Tetrapterys s.l.…”

Malpighiaceae na Reserva Biológica da Mata Escura, Minas Gerais, Brazil

“…Distribution and ecology: Glicophyllum ramiflorum is endemic to Brazil, occurring in Cerrado areas (Francener et al 2015). It was collected in cerrado s.s.…”

“…Notes: Glicophyllum ramiflorum is a scandent shrub that loses its leaves when flowering and fruiting. The inflorescence is a solitary umbel of 1-flowered cincinni, and X-shaped mericarps with dominant lateral wings (Francener et al 2015). Nat., Bot., sér.…”