Three new species of Marsdenia (Apocynaceae) from Brazil

Authors :: Alessandro Rapini
Patrícia Luz Ribeiro
Amanda Pricilla Batista Santos
Fabio da Silva do Espírito Santo
Source :: Acta Botanica Brasilica, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-253, Published: 15 JAN 2018, Acta Botanica Brasilica v.32 n.2 2018, Acta Botanica Brasilica, Sociedade Botânica do Brasil (SBB), instacron:SBB, Acta Botanica Brasilica, Issue: ahead, Published: 15 JAN 2018, Acta Botânica Brasílica, Iss 0 (2018)
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2018.
Abstract: Three new species of Marsdenia (Apocynaceae) are described from Brazil: M. paganuccii, known from two disjunct populations, one in the Caatinga of Bahia and other in the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo; M. paraibana, restricted to the Restinga of Cabedelo National Forest in the Atlantic Forest of Paraíba; and M. trisegmentata, known from two populations in Caatinga, one in Bahia and other in Ceará. Illustrations, a geographic distribution map and comparisons with morphologically similar species are also presented for each species.