Taxonomic Novelties from the Espinhaço Septentrional: Two New Species of Pleroma and the First Records of Melastomataceae from the Morro das Marombas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Abstract:Abstract— During a botanical expedition carried out by the Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora to northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, the first records of Melastomataceae were catalogued for the Morro das Marombas, in the Serra de Montevidéu, situated
on the Espinhaço Septentrional. These first records and an identification key for the melastomes from Morro das Marombas are presented. Among these records, the first collection of Marcetia viscida is documented in Minas Gerais, and two new microendemic species o… Show more
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