Miconia dianae (Melastomataceae), a new species from Bahia (Brazil) with notes on leaf and hypanthium surfaces

• Published in: Revista brasileira de botânica Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 913 - 923
• Main Authors: Goldenberg, Renato, Michelangeli, Fabián A., Ziemmer, Juliana K., Amorim, André M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botany; Brazil; calyx; Crystals; Endangered species; extinction; flowering; Flowers; habitats; hypanthium; leaf thickness; Leaves; Life Sciences; Mesophyll; Miconia; New species; pathogens; pedicel; Phenolic compounds; Phenols; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Plant tissues; species; Species extinction; Stamens; starch; superior ovary; Systematics & Phylogeny - Original Article; Trichomes; Brazil; South America; Semideciduous forests; Verrucose projections; Taxonomy; Plant anatomy
• ISSN: 1806-9959; 0100-8404; 1806-9959
• DOI: 10.1007/s40415-023-00932-6

Miconia dianae is a new species described from four specimens collected in semideciduous forests in the municipality of Ribeirão do Largo, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. According to current data and based on IUCN criteria, this species should be qualified as “data deficient”, but we note that it sh...