ABSTRACT
Three new species of Ocotea - O. calliscypha L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the state of Minas Gerais, O. ciliata L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the state of Espírito Santo, and O. marcescens L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro - are described. The species are illustrated, and comments on their relationships to other species of Ocotea, distribution, habitat, and phenology are provided.
Key words:
Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Lauraceae; Ocotea; taxonomy
RESUMO
Três novas espécies de Ocotea - O. calliscypha L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, do estado de Minas Gerais, O. ciliata L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, do estado do Espírito Santo e O. marcescens L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva dos estados da Bahia, Espírito Santo e Rio de Janeiro - são descritas. As espécies são ilustradas e comentários, distribuição, habitat, fenologia e relações com outras espécies de Ocotea são fornecidos.
Palavras-chave:
floresta atlântica brasileira; Lauraceae; Ocotea; taxonomia
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Part of the Ph.D. thesis by the first author at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
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Financial support: FAPESP (03/13176-8; 04/14535-4), IAPT Research Grants in Plant Systematics 2007, and Systematics Association. Current research funding through a PROTAX/CNPq (150929/2009-9) fellowship.
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Financial support: CNPq.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Tiago Barbosa, Leonardo Borges, Matheus Santos, Marcelo Trovó, Marccus Alves, and two anonymous reviewers for helpful discussions and/or comments on an early version of this article; Geovane Siqueira and Domingos Folli for helpful fieldwork support in Reserva Biológica da Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Linhares; Matheus Santos for collecting specimens of one of the new species; and Rafaela Forzza for introducing and encouraging the first author in Lauraceae systematics. We also thank the curators of the visited herbaria.
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Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
Jul-Sep 2009
History
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Accepted
Aug 2009
