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A new species of Jacquemontia (Convolvulaceae) from northeastern Brazil

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Jacquemontia chrysanthera, a new species from northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated, and its relationships with Jacquemontia martii and other species in section Cymosae are discussed.

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We would like to thank FACEPE for providing a Ph.D. scholarship to the first author; the curators of the herbaria where collections were analyzed; Regina Carvalho for the drawn illustrations; reviewers of the manuscript for their comments; and Dr. George Staples, Dr. Daniel Austin, and Dr. Rosângela Simão-Bianchini for their help and valuable suggestions.

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  1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP: 51930–670, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    M. T. Buril

  2. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, CEP: 51930–670, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    M. Alves

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Buril, M.T., Alves, M. A new species of Jacquemontia (Convolvulaceae) from northeastern Brazil. Brittonia 63, 436–441 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-011-9188-y

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