New Combinations And A New Species In The Brazilian Genus Chaetostoma Dc. (microlicieae: Melastomataceae)

Abstract

Four new combinations in Chaetostoma (C. albiflorum, C. cupressinum, C. selagineum, C. stenocladon,) are proposed, and a new species, Chaetostoma flavum, endemic to the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goias, Brazil, is described. The new species can be distinguished by its 4-5-locular ovary and antisepalous stamens with prolonged appendages.92202204Cogniaux, A., Melastomaceae (1883) Flora Brasiliensis, 14 (3), pp. 1-510. , C. F. P. von Martius & A. G. Eichler (editors)Melastomaceae (1891) Monographiae Phanerogamarum, 7, pp. 1-1256. , A. DeCandolle & C. DeCandolle (editors)Koschnitzke, C., (1997) Revisão Taxonômica do Gênero Chaetostoma DC. (Microlicieae: Melastomataceae), , Ph.D. Thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paul