New records of Pouteria macrocarpa (Sapotaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Abstract

We present the first voucher-based record of Pouteria macrocarpa for Brazilian Atlantic forest and extend the occurrence area of it. Besides, a brief taxonomic description, an identification key for lignified-fruits Pouteria species, and information about phenology and herbarium records are provided. According to the IUCN Red List and the Red Book of the Brazilian Flora, the species is considered Vulnerable (VU). However, facing the new available data, we believe it should be reassessed as Endangered (EN). Key words: Brazil, Chrysophylloideae, Ericales, Espírito Santo, Neotropics. ResumoEste é primeiro registro baseado em vouchers de Pouteria macrocarpa para a Mata Atlântica e informações sobre novas áreas de ocorrência da espécie são disponibilizadas. Além disso, são apresentadas uma breve descrição taxonômica, uma chave de identificação de espécies morfologicamente afins e informações fenológicas e das coleções botânicas. De acordo com a Lista Vermelha da IUCN e do Livro Vermelho da Flora Brasileira, a espécie é considerada Vulnerável (VU), no entanto, após re-análise dos dados aqui apresentados, P. macrocarpa deve ser recategorizada como Em Perigo (EN).

Novelties in Sapotaceae from the Espírito Santo state, Brazil: updated checklist and new records with emended descriptions for two species

“…We performed an extensive exploration in order to find vouchers of Sapotaceae collected in Espírito Santo state available at Reflora (http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/) and SpeciesLink (CRIA 2011) databases. In addition, data from recent literature (after 2015) were herein incorporated or updated (Alves‐Araújo and Mônico 2017, Mônico et al 2017, Sossai and Alves‐Araújo 2017, Sossai et al 2017, Souza and Alves‐Araújo 2017, Ferreira et al 2019, Mônico and Alves‐Araújo 2019).…”

Changes in phenological patterns of a tropical Atlantic Forest tree: implications for conservation

“…The Atlantic Forest is the region with the second-highest population of the family Sapotaceae in South America (Mônico et al 2017). This family consists of trees and shrubs, distributed in 53 genera and about 1,100 species (Alves-Araújo and Alves 2010), found mainly in Neotropical regions.…”

First record of Pouteria franciscana Baehni (Chrysophylloideae, Sapotaceae) in Amapá state, eastern Brazilian Amazonia

“…Over the past few years, new species and new occurrence records of Pouteria have been reported from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Alves-Araújo and Alves 2011, 2012a, 2012bPopovkin et al 2016;Mônico et al 2017; Alves-Araújo 2018; Alves-Araújo and Mônico 2018). In the highly diverse Amazonia forest (ter Steege et al 2016), Pouteria is amongst the 10 top most species-rich tree genera (ter Steege et al 2016;Cardoso et al 2017), but still remains poorly studied in this biome.…”