Persea quarciticola (Lauraceae), a new species from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Persea is a genus of Lauraceae with about 101 accepted species from the Americas and another two from the Macaronesian Islands and the Azores. The New World species occur in subtropical to tropical regions from sea level to ca. 4000 m. Recent field work in southeastern Brazil, as well as the study o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: de Moraes, Pedro Luís Rodrigues [UNESP], Brotto, Marcelo Leandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/309292
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12228-024-09782-2
https://hdl.handle.net/11449/309292
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Atlantic Rain Forest
biodiversity
Eriodaphne
Neotropics
plant taxonomy
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Sumario:Persea is a genus of Lauraceae with about 101 accepted species from the Americas and another two from the Macaronesian Islands and the Azores. The New World species occur in subtropical to tropical regions from sea level to ca. 4000 m. Recent field work in southeastern Brazil, as well as the study of 1432 collections of Brazilian Persea, revealed a new species that we describe here as Persea quarciticola. The new species belongs to Persea subg. Eriodaphne. It is restricted to the ‘morros de sal’ (mountains of quartz) of Vargem Alta, Espírito Santo, between 600 and 800 m. We provide a complete description of the new species, including illustrations, a distribution map, and discussion on its putative relationships within the genus.