Miconia gigantea, a long-forgotten endemic and endangered species of Melastomataceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Taxonomic and floristic studies in the state of Rio de Janeiro allowed the rediscovery of Miconia gigantea, an endemic species to the Atlantic Forest, until recently known only from the type specimen, collected over 100 years by A.F.M. Glaziou. We present an amended and detailed description of M. gigantea, providing characteristics of the flowers, fruits and seeds, in addition to illustrations, comments about taxonomic affinities with closely related species, the presently known distribution together with new occurrence records, and the conservation status.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

• Publication date

  2016-08-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/0001-3765201620150612PMID 27556223
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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