Turnera carolina (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae s.l.): A New Species from Chapada das Mesas, Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil

Maycon Jordan Costa da Silva; Lamarck Rocha; Alessandro W. C. Ferreira; André Vito Scatigna; Lucas C. Marinho

doi:10.1600/036364423X16847773873152

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Maycon Jordan Costa da Silva,^1,* Lamarck Rocha,² Alessandro W. C. Ferreira,³ André Vito Scatigna,⁴ Lucas C. Marinho^1,3

¹Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas – Botânica Tropical, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 66.077-830, Bélem, Pará, Brazil;
²Instituto Nacional do Semiárido, Av. Francisco Lopes de Almeida s/n, Serrotão, 58.434-700, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil;
³Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 65.080-805, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil; ; lc.marinho@ufma.br
⁴Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Centro de Educação, Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Herbário Rosa Mochel (SLUI), 65.055-310, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil;

^*Author for correspondence (mayconjordan40@gmail.com)

Abstract

Turnera carolina, a new species from Chapada das Mesas region in the Brazilian Cerrado, is described and illustrated. The new taxon can be characterized by having internodes up to 5 cm long, leaves with dark spots on both sides, petals that are smaller than the sepals, bracts and calyx that are usually reddish, and an orange corolla. We also present a distribution map, illustrations, field photos, comments on taxonomy, and an identification key to the species of Turnera from Chapada das Mesas National Park and surroundings.

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Maycon Jordan Costa da Silva, Lamarck Rocha, Alessandro W. C. Ferreira, André Vito Scatigna, and Lucas C. Marinho "Turnera carolina (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae s.l.): A New Species from Chapada das Mesas, Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil," Systematic Botany 48(2), 300-306, (23 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364423X16847773873152

Published: 23 June 2023

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