A New Species of Pera (Euphorbiaceae) from Amazonian Brazil

2011·3.8 MB·English

by  Narcísio Costa Bigio

A New Species of Pera (Euphorbiaceae) from Amazonian Brazil
Narcisio Costa Bi.gio
Universidade Federal de Rondonia, Depto. Biologia, Campus Jose Ribeiro Filho, BR 364, Km 9.5,
76800-000, Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil, [email protected]
Ricardo de S. Secco
Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Depto. Rolaniea. C.P. 399, 66040-170, Belem, Para, Brazil.
[email protected]
the Brazilian Amazon, Pern eiteniorum Bigio &
closely related to P. tomentosa (Benth.) Mull. Arg., P.
exemplified by P. distichophylla (Mart.) Bail! and /’.
late flower with a lagenifonn (flask-shaped) ovary. uses: P. glabrata (Schott) Baill., which is used to
al„ 1992).
Gillespie and Armbruster (1997), treating five
semelhante a P. tomentosa (Benth.) Mull. Arg., P.
Johnst., mas separa-se por ser a unica deste grupo a and Hoffmann (1919). Traditionally, Pera has been
das folhas com tricomas estrelados e estrelados studies using DNA sequence data have shown that
estaminadas glabros ou raramente com tricomas
al., 2005; Wurdack & Davis, 2009). In order to
tamente oblanceolado. Discussao sobre as afinidades
the Peraceae (Stevens. 2001 onward; Souza &
Amazonia brasileira. e apresentada. LAoPrGen IzIiI, (22000089;) Wstiullr ddaoceks n&o t Dreacvoigs,n i2z0e0 P9e).r aHceoawee avse ra,
In a revision of the Pera species occurring in the
including types from IAN. INPA. MG. R. RB. SP.
UB, and UFMT, and photographs of the types from F,
G, IAN, K, L, NY, and P, we found diverse
1997), occurring from Cuba and Central America to
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to Lynn Gillespie,
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