A new Meriania from serra Aracá

Abstract

SUMMARYMeAÃanÁxL aAacaeni>ÁJ> Wu/idack ÍA d&òcfvLbdd fanom colle,cXÁ.onó on Sojvia Afiacá, Amazonas, Meriania aracaensls Wurdack, sp. nov.Meríania ornatae Wurdack affinis, ramulorum pubescentia breviore foii i s petalisque minoribus differt.Shrub 1-1.2 m, the young branchlets, petioles adaxially, inf lorescence, and hypanthia densely setulose with barbellate hairs 1-1.5(-2) mm long. Leaf blades 8-12cm long, 4-8cm wide, el1iptic-ovate, blunt-acute to short-acuminate at the apex, cordulate 3-7mm at the base, rigid and entire, above sparsely and caducously roughened-setulose, below moder-