Three new species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Lucas F Bacci; André M Amorim; Renato Goldenberg

doi:10.7717/peerj.2822

Three new species of Bertolonia (Melastomataceae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

PeerJ. 2016 Dec 22:4:e2822. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2822. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Lucas F Bacci¹, André M Amorim², Renato Goldenberg³

Affiliations

¹ Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Barão Geraldo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas , Campinas , São Paulo , Brazil.
² Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil; Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Herbário CEPEC, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.
³ Departamento de Botânica, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná , Curitiba , Paraná , Brazil.

Abstract

We describe and illustrate three new species of Bertolonia, all endemic to the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bertolonia duasbocaensis and B. macrocalyx occur close to each other, in the municipalities of Cariacica and Viana. Bertolonia ruschiana has a wider distribution, occurring in the municipalities of Santa Leopoldina, Santa Maria de Jetibá and Santa Teresa. The first two species are classified as critically endangered (CR), and the latter as endangered (EN). We also present an identification key for the species of Bertolonia that occur in Espírito Santo.

Keywords: Atlantic forest; Bertolonieae; Endemism; Taxonomy.

Grants and funding

LFB received financial support from a CAPES PhD grant, AMA and RG from CNPq “Produtividade em Pesquisa,” grants # 310717/2015-9 and # 306852/2013-6, respectively. The fieldwork of AMA and RG in Espirito Santo State was made possible by support from the Fundação O Boticário de Proteção a Natureza (grant # 200720074). LFB’s fieldwork was partially funded by the National Science Foundation through grants to FA Michelangeli (DEB-818399 and DEB-1343612) The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.