A new species of Tabebuia for the Central Brazilian Plateau

Authors

  • Rosana Farias-Singer Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Carolyn Elinore Barnes Proença Universidade de Brasília https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8924-2692

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/heringeriana.v2i1.918022

Keywords:

Endemism, Handroanthus, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Savanna

Abstract

This paper presents a new species of Tabebuia (Bignoniaceae) from the Central Brazilian Plateau, probably the smallest in the
genus. Tabebuia coronata Proença & Farias-Singer is distinguised from other species of Tabebuia by the combination of being a cespitose subshrub with unifoliolate leaves, petioles 7-10mm long, inflorescence a congested capitate raceme, subtended by a crown of woody, subulate or obtuse cataphylls, by the subsessile flowers, calyx with conspicuous pateliform glands, corolla
5.2-6cm long, ovary with length/width ratio of 1.5, ovules 8-seriate with 12-15 rows per locule, and fruits that are 10,5-16,5cm long. T. coronata occurrs in rocky cerrados in high-altitude regions of the Distrito Federal and Chapada dos Veadeiros,
Goiás.

Author Biographies

Rosana Farias-Singer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Bolsista do CNPq. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Trabalho resultante de Dissertação de Mestrado, Pós-graduação em Botânica

Carolyn Elinore Barnes Proença, Universidade de Brasília

Professora Associada. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília

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Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

Farias-Singer, R., & Proença, C. E. B. (2008). A new species of Tabebuia for the Central Brazilian Plateau . Heringeriana, 2(1), 81–84. https://doi.org/10.17648/heringeriana.v2i1.918022

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