Two New Species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from the Brazilian Restinga

Leaf venation ofOcoteaspecies (Lauraceae) from the Reserva Natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil

“…Specimens of O. arenicola from RNV perfectly agree with the description by Assis and Mello‐Silva (2010), based on collections from different areas of restinga in Espírito Santo state, as possessing 6–10 secondary veins, and areoles small sized. As for O. aurantiodora , 9–12 pairs of secondaries have been reported by Barbosa et al (2012; as O .…”

A synopsis of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from the Reserva Natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil

“…Treelets to medium trees up to 15 m high, monoecious (flowers bisexual). This species has been confused with Ocotea lobbii , from which it differs by leaves with larger petioles (0.4–1.3 cm vs. 0.1–0.4 cm long), larger laminae (2.8–8.6 × 1.6–4.4 cm) with domatia, the outer surface of the floral tube sparsely to densely pubescent, larger cupules with a single margin, and larger fruits (1.5–1.9 × 1.2–1.5 cm vs. 0.9–1.1 × 0.5–0.6 cm) (Assis and Mello‐Silva, ). Fruits dark purple and cupules red in living material (Figure ).…”

“…Distribution: Endemic to Espírito Santo, growing in sandy open areas of restinga and also in vegetation called mussununga or nativo (Assis and Mello‐Silva, ).…”

“…Ocotea lobbii is mainly distributed in sandy open areas of restinga , differing from O. arenicola by leaves with shorter petioles, laminae without domatia, the floral tube glabrous on outer surface, smaller fruits and cupules, the latter double‐rimmed (Assis and Mello‐Silva, ).…”

Aristolochia zebrina sp. nov. (Aristolochiaceae) from southeastern Brazil

“…These two forest formations have high species richness. Recently, several new taxa have been described from these habitat, many of them endemic(Assis and Mello-Silva 2010, Acevedo-Rodríguez 2012, Freitas et al 2013a, Lopes et al 2013, Valadares and Sakuragui 2014.…”