Terminalia nildae (Combretaceae): A New Tree Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
We describe a new species of Terminalia ( Terminalia nildae ), currently known only from southern Bahia State, an area of Brazilian Atlantic Forest characterized by high species richness and high levels of endemicity. A description, illustration, photographic plate, map of geographic distribution, as well as a table with morphological comparisons and key to the Terminalia species occurring in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, including T. nildae, are provided herein.
Keywords: Myrtales; Neotropical region; Terminalia sect. Diptera; taxonomic novelties
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: 1Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Biologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Botânica, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. 2: 2Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Herbário EAC, Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia Vegetal, Bloco 906, Av. Mister Hull, s/n, Campus do Pici, 60440-900, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. 3: 3Universidade Regional do Cariri, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Rua Cel. Antônio Luiz, 1161, Pimenta, 63105-000, Crato, Ceará, Brazil. 4: 2Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Herbário EAC, Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia Vegetal, Bloco 906, Av. Mister Hull, s/n, Campus do Pici, 60440-900, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Publication date: 13 May 2020
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