Miconia papillosperma (Melastomataceae, Miconieae): a new species from Amazonas, Brazil

Flora das cangas da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil: Melastomataceae

Resumo Apresenta-se um tratado taxonômico para a família Melastomataceae nas áreas de cangas da Serra dos Carajás. Foram registradas 42 espécies distribuídas em 18 gêneros, sendo Miconia o mais rico, com 20 espécies, seguido de Clidemia com três espécies. O gênero monotípico Brasilianthus (B. carajensis) é considerado endêmico da região de Carajás, assim como uma espécie de Pleroma. Este trabalho apresenta descrições morfológicas, chaves de identificação para gêneros e espécies, ilustrações, distribuição geográfica e comentários para as espécies tratadas.

Revision of the Lima clade (Miconia sect. Lima, Miconieae, Melastomataceae) of the Greater Antilles

Miconia sect. Lima is an entirely Greater Antillean clade that consists of 19 known species of shrubs and small trees, which were previously recognized under the polyphyletic genera Leandra and Ossaea. The highest species richness in the clade is represented on Cuba (10 species), followed by Hispaniola (8 species) and then Jamaica (1 species). Here we present a taxonomic revision of the clade based on the study of species in the field, herbarium specimens, as well as a DNA-based phylogeny reconstruction. The Lima clade most likely originated on Cuba and then spread to Jamaica once and Hispaniola multiple times. Species of this clade can be recognized by the well developed bulla-based hairs of the adaxial leaf surface, as well as the clavate-dendritic hairs produced along the primary, secondary and tertiary veins of the adaxial leaf surface, mostly towards the leaf base, terminal inflorescences, acute petal apices, slightly bulla-based hairs produced subapically along the petal abaxial surface, and anthers with a dorso-basal appendage and a single, dorsally oriented pore. Descriptions, synonymies, along with distribution maps and illustrations/figures, are given for each species. Miconia pagnolensissp. nov. is newly described in this revision.