Carvalho-Sobrinho Jefferson, da Mota Aline C, Dorr Laurence J
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco - UNIVASF, Colegiado de Ciências Biológicas, Petrolina, Pernambuco, 56300-990, Brazil Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco Petrolina Brazil.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Departamento de Biologia, Recife, Pernambuco, 52171-900, Brazil Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife Brazil.
PhytoKeys. 2024 Jun 27;243:215-230. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.243.125708. eCollection 2024.
A new species of (Bombacoideae, Malvaceae) from montane wet forests in the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is known from only three populations situated between 750 m and 850 m in elevation on mountain summits and categorized as Endangered (EN) based on IUCN criteria. is distinct from all congeners by the combination of coriaceous to strongly coriaceous leaves and remarkable few-seeded, globose to subglobose woody capsules that contain scanty kapok and the largest seeds known in the genus to date. The affinities of to morphologically similar species as well as the importance of obtaining phenologically complete collections are discussed.