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Flora of Espírito Santo: Droseraceae

Abstract

We present a taxonomic treatment of the species of Droseraceae in Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Droseraceae is represented in the state by two species: Drosera intermedia, found in marshlands in the restingas (pioneer formations), and Drosera latifolia, which occurs in the campos de altitude (ecological refuges) and on granitic inselbergs in areas of ombrophilous forest in the mountainous region of Espírito Santo. We provide an identification key, morphological descriptions, and commentaries on taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and geographical distribution.

Key words
Atlantic Forest; carnivorous plants; Drosera; inselbergs; restingas

Resumo

Apresentamos o tratamento taxonômico das espécies de Droseraceae para o Espírito Santo. Droseraceae está representada no estado por duas espécies: Drosera intermedia, encontrada em locais brejosos nas restingas (formações pioneiras), e Drosera latifolia, que ocorre nos campos de altitude (refúgios ecológicos) e em inselbergues graníticos inseridos em áreas de floresta ombrófila da região serrana do Espírito Santo. Fornecemos chave de identificação, descrições morfológicas, comentários taxonômicos, ecológicos, de conservação e de distribuição geográfica.

Palavras-chave
Mata Atlântica; plantas carnívoras; Drosera; inselbergs; restingas

Introduction

Droseraceae (non-core Caryophyllales, Eudicots) is a family of carnivorous herbs composed of three genera and around 250 species (Fleischmann et al. 2018Fleischmann A, Cross AT, Gibson R, Gonella PM & Dixon KW (2018) Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae. In: Ellison A & Adamec L (eds.) Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 45-57. DOI: 9780198779841.001.0001). Dionaea and Aldrovanda are monotypic and do not occur naturally in Brazil but are cultivated in the country by enthusiasts. On the other hand, Drosera is a cosmopolitan genus that contributes most species to the family, with centers of diversity in Australia, Brazil, and South Africa. Brazil, in particular, is home to 31 species, one nothospecies, and two varieties, of which 19 species are endemic to the country (Gonella 2020Gonella PM (2020) Droseraceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB105>. Access on 14 July 2020.
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; Flora do Brasil 2020Flora do Brasil (2020) Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/>. Access on 14 July 2020.
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).

The genus is characteristic of open formations and is often associated with quartzitic and oligotrophic soils that are, at least, seasonally wet (Juniper et al. 1989Juniper BE, Robins RJ & Joel DM (1989) The carnivorous plants. Academic Press, London. 353p.; Fleischmann et al. 2018Fleischmann A, Cross AT, Gibson R, Gonella PM & Dixon KW (2018) Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae. In: Ellison A & Adamec L (eds.) Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 45-57. DOI: 9780198779841.001.0001). Drosera is a characteristic element of the endemic flora of the Brazilian montane grasslands called campos rupestres (Colli-Silva et al. 2019Colli-Silva M, Vasconcelos TNC & Pirani JR (2019) Outstanding plant endemism levels strongly support the recognition of campo rupestre provinces in mountaintops of eastern South America. Journal of Biogeography 2019: 111. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13585
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) and is usually absent from forest formations, except for a few species that can be found occurring in riverine forests (Gonella 2020Gonella PM (2020) Droseraceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB105>. Access on 14 July 2020.
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).

The state of Espírito Santo is entirely located within the Atlantic Forest Domain, with an original cover of ombrophilous and seasonal semideciduous forests, in addition to pioneer formations such as vegetation in the coastal plains (restingas) and ecological refuges for higher-altitude flora in the montane grasslands of Serra do Caparaó (Garbin et al. 2017Garbin ML, Saiter FZ, Carrijo TT & Peixoto AL (2017) Breve histórico e classificação da vegetação capixaba. Rodriguésia 68: 1883-1894. DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201768521
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). Despite having some of the greatest floristic diversity of any Brazilian state (Dutra et al. 2015Dutra VF, Alves-Araújo A & Carrijo TT (2015) Angiosperm Checklist of Espírito Santo: using electronic tools to improve the knowledge of an Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. Rodriguésia 66: 11451152. DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201566414
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; BFG 2018BFG - The Brazil Flora Group (2018) Brazilian Flora 2020: innovation and collaboration to meet Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). Rodriguésia 69: 1513-1527.), only 12.6% of its original vegetation cover remained (Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica & INPE 2019Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica & Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais-INPE (2019) Atlas dos remanescentes florestais da Mata Atlântica - Período 2016-2017 - Relatório técnico. Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica e INPE, São Paulo. 63p.), highlighting the relevance and urgency of floristic inventories, taxonomic treatments, and conservation efforts.

This study is part of the Flora of Espírito Santo Project and aims at presenting a taxonomic treatment for the Droseraceae occurring in the state and to provide an identification key and descriptions, along with commentaries on taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and geographical distribution.

Material and Methods

Descriptions and phenological data were based on specimens studied in the field and herbarium specimens, complemented by information in the literature. Specimens held at the herbaria HB, MBML, MO, NY, R, RB, US, and VIES were studied in person, while one specimen from the GH herbarium was analyzed at the institution’s virtual herbarium, available at <https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/specimen_index.html> (acronyms according to Thiers, continuously updatedThiers B [continuously updated] Index Herbariorum: a global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. Available at <http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/>. Access on 3 March 2021.
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). The morphological terminology used in the species descriptions follows Gonella et al. (2014, 2015Gonella PM, Rivadavia F & Fleischmann A (2015) Drosera magnifica (Droseraceae): the largest New World sundew, discovered on Facebook. Phytotaxa 220: 257-267. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.220.3.4
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), Rivadavia et al. (2014)Rivadavia F, Gonella PM, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision. Phytotaxa 172: 141-175. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.1
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, and Fleischmann et al. (2018)Fleischmann A, Cross AT, Gibson R, Gonella PM & Dixon KW (2018) Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae. In: Ellison A & Adamec L (eds.) Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 45-57. DOI: 9780198779841.001.0001.

Following a recent reassessment of the Red List conservation status of the species in Espírito Santo (Fraga et al. 2019Fraga CN, Formigoni MH & Chaves FG (2019) Fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Santa Teresa. 432p.), the Droseraceae species discussed in this paper had their regional conservation status newly assessed based on new data on their geographical distribution in the state. The assessment follows the IUCN (2012a)IUCN (2012a) IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Version 3.1. 2nd ed. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge. 32p. categories and criteria, including the IUCN (2012b)IUCN (2012b) Guidelines for application of IUCN Red List criteria at regional and national levels. Version 4.0. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge. 41p. guidelines for regional assessments. We used the conservation assessment tool GeoCAT (available at <http://geocat.kew.org/>) to calculate the extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) as described in Bachman et al. (2011)Bachman S, Moat J, Hill A, de la Torre J & Scott B (2011) Supporting Red List threat assessments with GeoCAT: geospatial conservation assessment tool. ZooKeys 150: 117-126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.150.2109
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using the standard IUCN cell size of 4 km2 for the AOO estimation.

Results and Discussion

In Espírito Santo, Droseraceae are represented only by two species of the genus Drosera. Drosera intermedia Hayne in Dreves & Hayne (1798: 18)Dreves F & Hayne FG (1798) Botanisches Bilderbuch für die Jugend und Freunde der Pflanzenkunde, vol. 3 [= Getreue Abbildungen und Zergliederungen deutscher Gewächse, vol. 1]. Leipzig: bei Voss & Compagnie. Available at <http://digital.slub-dresden.de/id435316869/1>. Access on 17 February 2021.
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occurs in wet areas of the restingas (Fig. 1). In contrast, D. latifolia (Eichler 1872Eichler AG (1872) Droseraceae. In: Martius CFP & Eichler AG (eds.) Flora brasiliensis. Typographia Regia, Munich. Vol. 14, pars 2, pp. 385-398.: 395) Gonella & Rivadavia in Gonella et al. (2014: 20) is a rupicolous species found in montane grasslands and on granitic rock outcrops (inselbergs; Fig. 1).

Figure 1
Geographic distribution of Drosera species in the state of Espírito Santo. ● = Drosera intermedia; ▲ = Drosera latifolia.

Three Drosera species have been previously reported for Espírito Santo. Valadares et al. (2020)Valadares RT, Koski DA, Silva BF, Sarnaglia-Júnior, VB & Martins MLL (2020) Assinatura florística de uma área úmida prioritária para a conservação no Leste do Brasil. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 17: 130-144. DOI: 10.5216/rbn.v17i2.62396
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recorded D. intermedia in an area of marshland in the restinga. Silva & Giulietti (1997)Silva TRS & Giulietti AM (1997) Levantamento das Droseraceae do Brasil. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 16: 75-105. and Correa & Silva (2005)Correa AMD & Silva TRS (2005) Drosera (Droseraceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 96. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York. 65p. reported D. villosa A.Saint-Hilaire (1824Saint-Hilaire AFCP (1824) Histoire des plantes les plus remarquables du Brésil et du Paraguay: comprenant leur description, et des dissertations sur leurs rapports, leurs usages, etc., avec des planches, en partie coloriées: tomo premier. A. Belin, Paris. 355p.: 2607), though these records were reclassified as D. latifolia by Gonella et al. (2014)Gonella PM, Rivadavia F, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Exhuming Saint-Hilaire: revision of the Drosera villosa complex (Droseraceae) supports 200 year-old neglected species concepts. Phytotaxa 156: 1-40. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.156.1.1
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. A record of D. montana A.Saint-Hilaire (1824: 260) was listed by Dutra et al. (2015)Dutra VF, Alves-Araújo A & Carrijo TT (2015) Angiosperm Checklist of Espírito Santo: using electronic tools to improve the knowledge of an Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. Rodriguésia 66: 11451152. DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860201566414
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based on the voucher Ynês Mexia 40251 (GH, MO), but that is also D. latifolia.

Drosera montana is recorded from the Minas Gerais side of the Serra do Caparaó (Rivadavia et al. 2014Rivadavia F, Gonella PM, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision. Phytotaxa 172: 141-175. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.1
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; Moreira et al. 2020Moreira MM, Carrijo TT, Alves-Araújo AG, Rapini A, Salino A, Firmino AD, Chagas AP, Versiane AFA, Amorim AMA, Silva AVS, Tuler AC, Peixoto AL, Soares BS, Cosenza BAP, Delgado CN, Lopes CR, Silva C, Barbosa DEF, Monteiro D, Marques D, Couto DR, Gonzaga DR, Dalcin E, Lirio EJ, Meyer FS, Salimena FRG, Oliveira FA, Souza FS, Matos FB, Depiantti G, Antar GM, Heiden G, Dias HM, Sousa HCF, Lopes ITFV, Rollim IM, Luber J, Prado J, Nakajima JN, Lanna J, Zorzanelli JP, Freitas J, Baumgratz JFA, Pereira JBS, Oliveira JRPM, Antunes K, Sylvestre LS, Pederneiras LC, Freitas L, Giacomin LL, Meireles LD, Silva LN, Pereira LC, Silva LAE, Menini Neto L, Monge M, Trovó MLO, Reginato M, Sobral MEG, Gomes M, Garbin ML, Morim MP, Soares ND, Labiak PHE, Viana PL, Cardoso PH, Moraes PLR, Schwartsburd PB, Moraes QS, Zorzanelli RF, Nichio-Amaral R, Goldenberg R, Furtado SG, Feletti T, Dutra VF, Bueno VF, Dittrich VAO, Forzza RC (2020) A list of land plants of Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Brazil, highlights the presence of sampling gaps within this protected área. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e59664. Doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59664). However, no specimens have been found on the Espírito Santo side thus far.

Droseraceae Salisb.

Annual or perennial carnivorous herbs. Stem inconspicuous or elongated. Leaves simple, stipules present or absent, vascularized glandular emergences present on the adaxial lamina surface, or lamina modified into a bilobed snap trap with sensitive trichomes over the adaxial surface. Inflorescence cymose, multi-flowered (rarely uniflorous). Flowers 5-merous (rarely 4-merous), actinomorphic; stamens 5(–many), anthers longitudinally dehiscent; ovary superior, 3–5-carpellar; styles 1–5 (usually 3), usually bifurcated at the base (rarely entire); ovary with parietal placentation (rarely basal), pluriovulated. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds numerous.

Drosera L. (description based solely on the species occurring in Espírito Santo).

Terrestrial or rupicolous herbs. Leaves rosetted or spirally arranged, stipulate, petiolate, red to green in color, with sessile glands; stipules intrapetiolar, membranaceous, with apex laciniate; petiole linear, glabrous or eglandular-pilose at least abaxially; lamina oblong, lanceolate or spatulate, with vascularized glandular emergences (tentacles) on the adaxial surface, abaxial surface glabrous or eglandular-pilose. Inflorescence a scorpioid cyme, multiflorous (rarely uniflorous), 1–few per plant, with sessile glands; scape glabrous or eglandular and glandular-pilose. Flowers ephemeral, anthesis lasting for a few hours; sepals fused at the base, glabrous or glandular-pilose; petals white or pink; stamens 5; ovary 1-locular; styles bifurcated at the base. Petals, sepals and stamens persistent in fruit. Seeds with papillose or reticulate testa.

Drosera is the largest genus in the family, comprising about 250 species distributed worldwide and concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere. The main center of diversity of the genus is in the southwest of Western Australia, followed by northern Australia, the Cape Province of South Africa, and the mountains of east-central Brazil (Fleischmann et al. 2018Fleischmann A, Cross AT, Gibson R, Gonella PM & Dixon KW (2018) Systematics and evolution of Droseraceae. In: Ellison A & Adamec L (eds.) Carnivorous plants: physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 45-57. DOI: 9780198779841.001.0001). The genus is immediately identified by the presence of glandular emergences (tentacles) over the adaxial leaf lamina surface (Figs. 2-4). In Espírito Santo, Drosera is represented by two species, which are described below.

Identification key to the species of Drosera from the Espírito Santo state

  • 1. Leaves, scape and sepals glabrous. Lamina 5.2–8.1 mm long, spatulate. Sepals 3–3.5 mm long; petals white. Seeds ovoid, testa surface papillose...................1. Drosera intermedia

  • 1’. Leaves eglandular-pilose, at least on the abaxial surface, scape and sepals glandular and eglandular-pilose. Lamina 8.4–9.75 mm long, lanceolate to oblong. Sepals 5–5.5 mm long; petals pink. Seeds fusiform, testa surface reticulate...................2. Drosera latifolia

1. Drosera intermedia Hayne in Dreves & Hayne, Bot. Bilderb. 3: 18, t. 3B. 1798. Figs. 1; 2a-d; 3

Perennial rosetted herb. Subglabrous indumentum consisting solely of minute sessile glands, red in color (black in dry specimens), on both leaf surfaces, scapes and sepals abaxially. Leaves persistent when old, reddish; petiole 15–30 mm long; lamina 5.2–8.1 mm long, spatulate, apex rounded, adaxial surface covered with numerous red, carnivorous, capitate tentacles, 0.1–3.4 mm long, and minute sessile glands, abaxial surface covered with minute sessile glands; stipules 2.6–4.1 mm long, rectangular, membranaceous, the apical divided into several laciniate segments. Scapes 2–4 per plant, 9–14 cm long (including floriferous part), flattened, base curved, green to red in color; inflorescence a scorpioid cyme, bearing 6–10 flowers; sepals 5, 3–3.5 mm long, lanceolate, minute sessile glands, apex acute; petals 5, 4.5–5 mm long, whitish; stamens 5, 3.5–4 mm long, anthers 0.53–0.74 mm long; ovary 3-carpellate, fused, ca. 2.5 mm long, globose, 3-lobed in outline; styles 3, forked at the base; fruit a dry dehiscent capsule, ca. 6 mm long, globose, 3-valvate; seeds ovoid, 0.4–0.82 mm long, testa papillose.

Specimens examined: Conceição da Barra, Parque Estadual de Itaúnas, 18.5932oS, 39.7322oW, 24.VIII.2002, O.J. Pereira et al. 6997 (VIES). Guarapari, Parque Estadual Paulo César Vinha, 20.5994oS, 40.4108oW, 6.VIII.2020, J.C. Guarnier et al. 467 (VIES); 18.VIII.2020, fl. and fr., S.V. Caram et al. 01 (VIES). Vitória, área da C.V.R.D., 20.3194oS, 40.3377oW, 15.VIII.2007, fl., O.J. Pereira & G. Lübe 7517 (VIES). Vila Velha, PEPCN, 20.3297oS, 40.2924oW, 29.IX.2007, fl., R.T. Valadares et al. 578 (HURB).

Drosera intermedia has a wide distribution, occurring in central and western Europe, Asia Minor, East Africa, and North, Central, and South America, including Brazil (Fleischmann & Gonella 2020Fleischmann A & Gonella PM (2020) Typification and authorship of Drosera intermedia (Droseraceae). Taxon 69: 153160. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12158
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; Gonella 2020Gonella PM (2020) Droseraceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB105>. Access on 14 July 2020.
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). The species was recently recorded in Espírito Santo for the first time (Valadares et al. 2020Valadares RT, Koski DA, Silva BF, Sarnaglia-Júnior, VB & Martins MLL (2020) Assinatura florística de uma área úmida prioritária para a conservação no Leste do Brasil. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 17: 130-144. DOI: 10.5216/rbn.v17i2.62396
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), expanding its known distribution in Brazil, where it has also been recorded in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Amapá, and Roraima (Gonella 2020Gonella PM (2020) Droseraceae in Flora do Brasil 2020. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at <http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/floradobrasil/FB105>. Access on 14 July 2020.
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). In Espírito Santo, the species occurs in the restingas (Fig. 1), in areas of herbaceous marshland. It has been found in the protected areas of the Parque Estadual Paulo César Vinha (PEPCV) and the Parque Estadual de Itaúnas. In the wet areas of the PEPCV, which are a structurally dynamic environment, D. intermedia is always found associated with flat and stabilized sedimentary zones (humid fields), protected from natural and dynamic drainage channels that constantly modify the structure of the vegetation (Valadares et al. 2020Valadares RT, Koski DA, Silva BF, Sarnaglia-Júnior, VB & Martins MLL (2020) Assinatura florística de uma área úmida prioritária para a conservação no Leste do Brasil. Revista de Biologia Neotropical 17: 130-144. DOI: 10.5216/rbn.v17i2.62396
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). It was collected in flower in August and September and with fruits in August.

The species is characterized by glabrous leaves (only presenting sessile glands; Fig. 3), spatulate (Figs. 2b; 3b), with a petiole narrower and at least three times longer than the lamina (Figs. 2b; 3a), stipules fimbriate from the base, inflorescence and sepals glabrous, white petals (Fig. 2c), and ovoid seeds with a papillose testa.

Figure 2
a-d. Drosera intermedia – a. habit; b. detail of the leaf; c. flower; d. fruits (all photos taken at PEPCV). e-f. Drosera latifolia – e. habit; f. detail of the leaf (all photos taken at PN Caparaó). (a-d. by VF Dutra; e. by HL Silva; f. by AV Scatigna).
Figure 3
a-c. Drosera intermedia – a. habit; b. leaf lamina, adaxial surface; c. tentacle head. (All based on Caram et al. 01).

Drosera intermedia was not assessed for the Espírito Santo Red List (Fraga et al. 2019Fraga CN, Formigoni MH & Chaves FG (2019) Fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Santa Teresa. 432p.) as no records had been identified in the state at the time of its elaboration. While the species is globally classified as Least Concern (Cross et al. 2020Cross AT, Krueger TA, Gonella PM, Robinson AS & Fleischmann AS (2020) Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01272. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01272
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), its occurrence in the state is restricted to an AOO of 16 km2 (criterion B2; IUCN 2012aIUCN (2012a) IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Version 3.1. 2nd ed. IUCN, Gland and Cambridge. 32p.). In addition, it is limited to fewer than five known locations (sub-criterion B2a), and its habitat is in a state of continuous decline (sub-criterion B2biii) since the state’s coast is considered to be under ​​high anthropic pressure due to pollution, fires, and urban expansion over the restingas (Maciel 1990Maciel NC (1990) Praias, dunas e restingas: unidades de conservação da natureza no Brasil. In: ACIESP (org.) Anais do II Simpósio de Ecossistemas da Costa Sul e Sudeste Brasileira: estrutura, função e manejo. Vol. 3. ACIESP, São Paulo. Pp. 326-351.; MMA 2002MMA (2002) Avaliação e identificação de áreas e ações prioritárias para a conservação, utilização sustentável e repartição dos benefícios da biodiversidade nos biomas brasileiros. MMA/SBF, Brasília. 404p.; Fraga et al. 2019Fraga CN, Formigoni MH & Chaves FG (2019) Fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Santa Teresa. 432p.). Therefore, we assess the species as Endangered (EN) in Espírito Santo.

2. Drosera latifolia (Eichler) Gonella & Rivadavia, Phytotaxa 156: 21. 2014. Figs. 1; 2e-f; 4

Figure 4
a-b. Drosera latifolia – a. habit; b. leaf, adaxial surface. (All based on Irwin 2804).

Perennial rosetted herb. Indumentum consisting of white eglandular trichomes (brown in dry specimens), present on the abaxial leaf surface and petiole; glandular capitate trichomes - the stalk light red and translucent, the head dark red - present on scapes and sepals abaxially; minute sessile glands red in color (black in dry specimens), on both leaf surfaces, scapes, pedicels, bracts and sepals abaxially. Leaves persistent, green to red; petiole 4.6–5.3(–10) mm long; lamina 8.4–9.75(–25) mm long, lanceolate to oblong, apex rounded, adaxial surface covered with numerous red, carnivorous, capitate tentacles, 2.28–3.54 mm long, and minute sessile glands, abaxial surface with eglandular trichomes, and minute sessile glands; stipules 2.48–3.51 mm long, square, membranaceous, the apical divided into several laciniate segments. Scapes 1–3 per plant, 9–18(–34.7) cm long (including floriferous part), cylindrical, base erect, green in color; inflorescence a scorpioid cyme, often bifurcating, bearing 2–9(–27) flowers; sepals 5, 5–5.5 mm long, lanceolate, with glandular capitate trichomes, and few eglandular trichomes, apex acute or obtuse; petals 5, 7–7.5 mm long, pink; stamens 5, 2.5–3.5 mm long, anthers ca. 1 mm long; ovary 3-carpellate, fused, 2–3 mm in diam., globose, 3-lobed in outline; styles 3, forked at the base; fruit a dry dehiscent capsule, ca. 3 mm long, globose, 3-valvate; seeds fusiform, ca. 0.8 mm long, testa reticulate.

Specimens examined: Alegre, Serra Caparaó, Pico da Bandeira, 20.4340oS, 41.7966oW, 3.III.1959, fl., H.S. Irwin 2804 (NY, US). Castelo, Forno Grande, 8.XII.1948, A.C. Brade 19249 (RB). Domingos Martins, topo da Pedra Azul, 19.XI.1975, Kautsky 517 (HB). Ibitirama, Parque Nacional do Caparaó, entre o Acampamento Macieira e o Pico da Bandeira, 18.I.2019, fl., H.L. Silva & L.J. Lieven 257 (VIES). São Roque do Canaã, Alto Misterioso, 19.7969oS, 40.7752oW, 11.V.2007, fr., C. Esgario et al. 171 (MBML); 19.7972oS, 40.7750oW, 15.XI.2004, fl., A.P. Fontana et al. 1072 (MBML). Serra da Caparaó, 25.XI.1929, fl., Y. Mexia 40251 (GH, MO).

Drosera latifolia is endemic to Brazil, occurring in the mountain ranges of Serra do Mar, Serra da Mantiqueira, and the Espinhaço Range in the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Espírito Santo (Gonella et al. 2014Gonella PM, Rivadavia F, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Exhuming Saint-Hilaire: revision of the Drosera villosa complex (Droseraceae) supports 200 year-old neglected species concepts. Phytotaxa 156: 1-40. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.156.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.156.1...
). In Espírito Santo, the species is rupicolous (Fig. 2e), occurring in areas of ecological refuges and ombrophilous forests (Fig. 1). It is found on the summits of the state’s larger granitic inselbergs, which are considered to be a transition between the sugar loaf inselbergs and campos de altitude (montane grasslands) by de Paula et al. (2020)de Paula LFA, Azevedo LO, Mauad LP, Cardoso LJT, Braga JMA, Kollmann LJC, Fraga CN, Menini Neto L, Labiak PH, Mello-Silva R, Porembski S & Forzza RC (2020) Sugarloaf land in south-eastern Brazil: a tropical hotspot of lowland inselbergs plant diversity. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53135. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53135
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, such as in the Parque Estadual da Pedra Azul, Parque Estadual do Forno Grande, and Alto Misterioso, and the campos de altitude of the Parque Nacional do Caparaó. According to Gonella et al. (2014)Gonella PM, Rivadavia F, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Exhuming Saint-Hilaire: revision of the Drosera villosa complex (Droseraceae) supports 200 year-old neglected species concepts. Phytotaxa 156: 1-40. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.156.1.1
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, the individuals collected at Caparaó represent the smallest sized morphotype of D. latifolia, as well as the one that occurs at the highest elevation (up to 2,550 m). The remaining populations in the state represent the typical morphotype described by Gonella et al. (2014)Gonella PM, Rivadavia F, Sano PT & Fleischmann A (2014) Exhuming Saint-Hilaire: revision of the Drosera villosa complex (Droseraceae) supports 200 year-old neglected species concepts. Phytotaxa 156: 1-40. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.156.1.1
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. The species was previously recorded in the floristic inventory of Alto Misterioso (Esgario et al. 2009Esgario CP, Fontana AP & Silva AG (2009) A flora vascular sobre rocha no Alto Misterioso, uma área prioritária para a conservação da Mata Atlântica no Espírito Santo, Sudeste do Brasil. Natureza on line 7: 80-91.) and Parque Nacional do Caparaó (Moreira et al. 2020Moreira MM, Carrijo TT, Alves-Araújo AG, Rapini A, Salino A, Firmino AD, Chagas AP, Versiane AFA, Amorim AMA, Silva AVS, Tuler AC, Peixoto AL, Soares BS, Cosenza BAP, Delgado CN, Lopes CR, Silva C, Barbosa DEF, Monteiro D, Marques D, Couto DR, Gonzaga DR, Dalcin E, Lirio EJ, Meyer FS, Salimena FRG, Oliveira FA, Souza FS, Matos FB, Depiantti G, Antar GM, Heiden G, Dias HM, Sousa HCF, Lopes ITFV, Rollim IM, Luber J, Prado J, Nakajima JN, Lanna J, Zorzanelli JP, Freitas J, Baumgratz JFA, Pereira JBS, Oliveira JRPM, Antunes K, Sylvestre LS, Pederneiras LC, Freitas L, Giacomin LL, Meireles LD, Silva LN, Pereira LC, Silva LAE, Menini Neto L, Monge M, Trovó MLO, Reginato M, Sobral MEG, Gomes M, Garbin ML, Morim MP, Soares ND, Labiak PHE, Viana PL, Cardoso PH, Moraes PLR, Schwartsburd PB, Moraes QS, Zorzanelli RF, Nichio-Amaral R, Goldenberg R, Furtado SG, Feletti T, Dutra VF, Bueno VF, Dittrich VAO, Forzza RC (2020) A list of land plants of Parque Nacional do Caparaó, Brazil, highlights the presence of sampling gaps within this protected área. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e59664. Doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59664) as D. villosa. Drosera latifolia was recorded with flowers in January, March, and November and with fruits in May.

The species is characterized by its lanceolate to oblong leaves (Figs. 2f; 4), a petiole shorter than or equaling the lamina, eglandular trichomes present on the abaxial leaf surface and eventually on the adaxial petiole surface, glandular-pilose inflorescence and sepals, pink petals, and fusiform seeds with reticulate testa.

Drosera latifolia is listed as Data Deficient in the Espírito Santo Red List (Fraga et al. 2019Fraga CN, Formigoni MH & Chaves FG (2019) Fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Santa Teresa. 432p.) and globally assessed as Least Concern (Cross et al. 2020Cross AT, Krueger TA, Gonella PM, Robinson AS & Fleischmann AS (2020) Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction. Global Ecology and Conservation 24: e01272. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01272
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). The new information on its distribution in the state presented here allows its regional assessment to be updated to Near Threatened (NT) in the state of Espírito Santo. While the species has an AOO of 16 km2 (criterion B2) and a naturally fragmented distribution due to its occurrence in mountaintops, with fewer than five locations (sub-criterion B2a), no continuing decline has been observed to affect the subpopulations (sub-criterion B2b). Three of the four known locations in the state are found within protected areas, except for the Alto Misterioso, a priority conservation area (Esgario et al. 2009Esgario CP, Fontana AP & Silva AG (2009) A flora vascular sobre rocha no Alto Misterioso, uma área prioritária para a conservação da Mata Atlântica no Espírito Santo, Sudeste do Brasil. Natureza on line 7: 80-91.).

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the curators of the herbaria they visited. They also thank Lidyanne Aona, for sending images of the specimens at HURB; André Vito Scatigna and Hiago Lourenço da Silva, for in situ photographs of D. latifolia; and Andreas Fleischmann and Rodrigo Valadares, for valuable suggestions for the improvement of the manuscript.

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Area Editor: Dr. Anderson Alves-Araújo

Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    07 Mar 2022
  • Date of issue
    2022

History

  • Received
    03 Mar 2021
  • Accepted
    28 Apr 2021
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