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10 August 2018 A tribute to the Orixás: A new Couepia Aubl. (Chrysobalanaceae) from Bahia, Brazil
André Márcio Amorim, Rafael Gomes Barbosa-Silva, Cynthia A. Sothers, Renata Camargo Asprino
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Abstract

Couepia is a monophyletic and exclusively Neotropical genus of Chrysobalanaceae, occurring mainly in lowland tropical forests. In eastern Brazil, Bahia is the state with the highest species richness for both the genus and family, with significant diversity in the coastal Atlantic Forest. Here we report the discovery of Couepia oxossii from Atlantic Forest, which was initially misidentified as Couepia pernambucensis. The new species is described and illustrated, and comments on its morphological traits and conservation status are also provided.

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André Márcio Amorim, Rafael Gomes Barbosa-Silva, Cynthia A. Sothers, and Renata Camargo Asprino "A tribute to the Orixás: A new Couepia Aubl. (Chrysobalanaceae) from Bahia, Brazil," The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 145(3), 271-277, (10 August 2018). https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-17-00048.1
Received: 2 October 2017; Published: 10 August 2018
KEYWORDS
Endemism
Malpighiales
mussununga vegetation
taxonomy
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