TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goldenberg, Renato
A1  - Bochorny, Thuane
A1  - Amorim, André Márcio
A1  - Ziemmer, Juliana Klostermann
A1  - Fraga, Claudio Nicoletti de
T1  - Merianthera calyptrata sp. nov. (Melastomataceae, Myrtales), a new candelabriform species from Minas Gerais, Brazil
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Merianthera is a genus of flowering plants with up to now seven species occurring in eastern Brazil, in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais. It belongs to the tribe Pyramieae (Melastomataceae), and can be recognized by its shrubby or treelet habit with caducous leaves, 5-merous flowers with a strongly zygomorphic androecium, the latter with dimorphic stamens bearing complex dorsal connective appendages, as well as an inferior ovary and capsular fruits. We describe here a new species of Merianthera from two collections and a photographic record, all from the same locality, an inselberg in the Municipality of Jacinto, in northeastern Minas Gerais. Its candelabriform habit, with a fistulose stem, and solitary, axillary or cauliflorous flowers are only shared with M. burlemarxii. However, M. calyptrata R.Goldenb., Bochorny & Fraga sp. nov. has at least three characters that are absent in M. burlemarxii and all other species in the genus: the total absence of both a peduncle and bracteoles, the calyptrate calyx and the fruits developing from inferior ovaries and dehiscing through longitudinal slits. The first character appears to be unknown in other species in the family.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 888:64-76 
KW  - Cambessedesieae
KW  - inselbergs
KW  - Pyramieae
KW  - xerophytic plants
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/71436
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-714367
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 888
SP  - 64
EP  - 76
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -