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THREE NEW SPECIES OF BARBACENIA (VELLOZIACEAE) FROM TOCANTINS, BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2018

R. J. V. Alves ,
A. R. Guimarães ,
R. Sadala ,
M. Lira  and
N. G. da Silva
R. J. V. Alves*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: ruyvalka1@gmail.com
A. R. Guimarães
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: ruyvalka1@gmail.com
R. Sadala
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: ruyvalka1@gmail.com
M. Lira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: ruyvalka1@gmail.com
N. G. da Silva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil. E-mail for correspondence: ruyvalka1@gmail.com
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Abstract

Three new species of the Neotropical genus Barbacenia (Velloziaceae, Pandanales) from Tocantins, Brazil, are described and illustrated, based on morphology and leaf anatomy. The known species richness of the genus is mapped within the countries of South America and the states of Brazil.

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Barbaceniabilateral symmetryBrazilCerradodistributionsandstoneTocantinsVelloziaceae
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , July 2019 , pp. 181 - 195
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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2018) 

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