Corresponding author: Iván A. Valdespino (
Academic editor: J. Prado
In this paper, I describe five new species of
En este artículo describo cinco nuevas especies de
Valdespino IA (2015) Novelties in
In a recent paper,
The novelties reported here increase the number of
Following
Checklist of
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2 | Amazonas: |
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3 | Acre: |
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4 | Amazonas: |
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5 | — |
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6 | Acre: |
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7 | Bahia: |
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8 | Bahia: |
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9 | Amazonas: |
Newly reported | |
10 | Pará: |
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11 | Amazonas: |
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12 | Amapá: |
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13 | Goiás: |
Newly confirmed | |
14 | Amazonas: |
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15 | Bahia: |
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16 | Bahia: |
To be resurrected | |
17 | Amazonas: |
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18 | Amazonas: |
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19 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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20 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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21 | Bahia: |
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22 | Amazonas: |
To be resurrected | |
23 | Amazonas: |
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24 | Amazonas: |
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25 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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26 | Mato Grosso: |
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27 | Amazonas: |
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28 | Amapá: |
Newly reported | |
29 | Pará: |
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30 | Bahia: |
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31 | Amazonas: |
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32 | Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou 7280 ( |
To be resurrected | |
33 | Pará: |
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34 | Rondônia: |
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35 | Amazonas: |
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36 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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37 | Amazonas: |
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38 | Acre: |
Newly reported | |
39 | São Paulo: |
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40 | Brasilia, DF: |
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41 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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42 | Amazonas: |
Newly reported | |
43 | Rio Grande do Sul: |
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44 | Goiás: Anderso |
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45 | São Paulo: |
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46 | Espírito Santo: |
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47 | Bahia: |
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48 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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49 | São Paulo: |
Newly described | |
50 | Rio de Janeiro: |
Newly described | |
51 | Amazonas: |
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52 | Acre: |
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53 | Alagoas: |
Newly described | |
54 | Mato Grosso: Anderson 9901 ( |
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55 | Roraima: |
Newly reported | |
56 | Bahia: |
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57 | Pará: |
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58 | Amazonas: |
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59 | Espírito Santo: |
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60 | Mato Grosso: |
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61 | Amapá: |
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62 | Roraima: |
Newly reported | |
63 | Rio Grande do Sul: |
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64 | Minas Gerais: |
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65 | Goiás: |
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66 | Pará: |
Newly described | |
67 | Espiritu Santo: |
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68 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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69 | Mato Grosso: Lindman A3495 ( |
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70 | Minas Gerais: |
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71 | Roraima: |
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72 | Pará: |
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73 | Minas Gerais: |
Newly described | |
74 | Amazonas: |
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75 | Paraná: |
Newly reported | |
76 | Paraná: |
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77 | Roraima: |
Newly reported | |
78 | Minas Gerais: |
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79 | Roraima: |
Newly reported | |
80 | Roraima: |
To be described by Valdespino with epithet “ |
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81 | Rio de Janeiro: |
Newly reported (escape from cultivation at |
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82 | São Paulo: |
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83 | Santa Catharina: |
Newly reported (escape from cultivation?) | |
84 | São Paulo: |
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85 | Rio de Janeiro: |
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86 | Pará: |
Newly reported |
This study is based on examination of herbarium specimens from Scanning Electron Microscope
Species descriptions are given only for new taxa and follow the order of characters and states used by
Conservation statuses were assessed for only new taxa and follow the IUCN Red list Categories and Criteria version 3.1, second edition (
This species is named for Professor, Dra. Nanuza Luiza de Menezes, an outstanding Brazilian botanist, who has been instrumental in advancing botanical and conservation sciences in her country and, in the course of her career, has mentored new generations of botanists at the University of São Paulo. Through her involvement with the Latin American Botanical Association, in 1992, I attended a plant morphology and anatomy course with emphases in taxonomy and evolution at that University; this led to my first exposure to, and study of, Brazilian
Vulnerable
The two specimens cited here under
The specific epithet honors Anton Friedrich Spring (1814–1872), a German physician and botanist who is the author of the only worldwide monograph of
As mentioned,
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin
Given that few collections are available, I cannot provide a definitive conservation status assessment of
Among Brazilian
One specimen,
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek
The minute plant size, stomata along leaf margins (Fig.
The presence of stomata along leaf margins seems to be a more common feature in
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin “
Vulnerable
Another collection,
I conclude that
1 | Median leaf apices acute to short-acuminate, if the latter each acumen less than ¼ the length of the lamina. | |
2 | Lateral leaves strongly imbricate along main stem, the apices obtuse to truncate or broadly acute; median leaves margins hyaline, in a band 4–6 cells wide, the outer bases prominent with 1 or 2 cilia |
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2' | Lateral leaves distant along main stem, the apices acute; median leaves margins hyaline, in a band 3 cells wide, the outer bases prominent and tufted with 2–5 cilia |
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1' | Median leaf apices long-acuminate to aristate, each acumen or arista ¼–½ the length of the lamina. | |
3 | Plants ascending to erect; lateral leaves dark brown to atropurpureus with oblique bases; rhizophores axillary to ventro-axillary and restricted to lower half of the stems |
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3' | Plants creeping; lateral leaves golden-brown to green with subcordate to cordate bases; rhizophores ventro-axillary, borne throughout the stems. | |
4 | Median leaf base subcordate; lateral leaves ovate-oblong, often strongly clasping the stems |
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4' | Median leaf base cordate; lateral leaves oblong-falcate, spreading and free from the stems |
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The name
In
For a long time,
I am grateful to the curators of