Symplocos atlantica (Symplocaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to Symplocos glandulosomarginata and S. glaziovii, from which it can be distinguished by young leaves with an eglandular margin or rarely with 1–3 early caducous glands per cm, a pilose and dome-like to short-cylindrical disc in flower, and fertile ovules 0.2–0.5(-0.6) mm long.
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1 December 2009
Symplocos atlantica (Symplocaceae), A New Species from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil
João Luiz M. Aranha Filho,
Ricardo Bertoncello,
Peter W. Fritsch,
Frank Almeda,
Angela B. Martins
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Atlantic Rain Forest
Brazil
cloud forest
Symplocaceae
Symplocos