A new species, Coussarea andrei M.S. Pereira & M.R. Barbosa, collected in Atlantic Forest remnants in Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is close to Coussarea nodosa (Benth.) Müll. Arg., differing in the elliptical leaves, peduncle over 2.5 cm long, non-umbelliform thyrse, hypocrateriform corolla and epicarp golden-brownish when ripe.
Atlantic Forest; Coussarea; Rubiaceae
