Vol. 80 No. 1 (2025)
Articles

Microlicia geraizeira (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae): A newly discovered species from northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

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  • Ana Flavia Alves Versiane,
  • Maria José Reis da Rocha,
  • Rosana Romero
Ana Flavia Alves Versiane
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão, 915, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Maria José Reis da Rocha
Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Avenida São Paulo 3996, 32400-000, Ibirité, MG, Brasil
Rosana Romero
Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Rua Ceará s.n., 38400‒902, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17079

Published 2025-04-17

Keywords

  • campo rupestre,
  • conservation area,
  • endemism,
  • Espinhaço Range,
  • Gerais

How to Cite

Alves Versiane, A. F., Reis da Rocha, M. J., & Romero, R. (2025). Microlicia geraizeira (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae): A newly discovered species from northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Webbia, 80(1), 43–50. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17079

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Abstract

One-third of Brazilian melastomes occur in Minas Gerais, the most floristically diverse state in the country. In this paper, we introduce Microlicia geraizeira, a new species of Melastomataceae exclusively collected in the Serra Nova e Talhado State Park, northern Minas Gerais. The new species has leaves, hypanthia, and sepals densely covered with spherical glands mixed with glandular trichomes, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate leaf blades, urceolate hypanthia, triangular to narrowly triangular sepals, pentamerous flowers, dimorphic and concolor androecium, tetrasporangiate anthers, and five locular ovaries. We compare M. geraizeira to M. gentianoides, M. indurata, M. macrantha, M. mellobarretoi, M. pilosa, and M. septentrionalis. Also, we provide an illustration plate, field images, an occurrence map, and an identification key for closely similar species.

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