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Seven New Species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Abstract Seven new species of the neotropical genus Microlicia are proposed (Microlicia capitata, M. coriacea, M. mutabilis, M. piranii, M. polychaeta, M. repanda, and M. sparsifolia). All seven species are… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Seven new species of the neotropical genus Microlicia are proposed (Microlicia capitata, M. coriacea, M. mutabilis, M. piranii, M. polychaeta, M. repanda, and M. sparsifolia). All seven species are known only from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, mainly in the Diamantina Plateau and/or the Serra do Cabral. Diagnoses, line drawings, distribution maps, notes on diagnostic characters, conservation assessments, and habitat and phenology are provided.

Keywords: minas gerais; microlicia melastomataceae; gerais brazil; species microlicia; new species; seven new

Journal Title: Systematic Botany
Year Published: 2020

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