Synopsis of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Author
Silva, Otávio Luis Marques Da
Author for correspondence. Email: otaviolmarques @ gmail. com
Author
Cordeiro, Inês
Author
Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi
text
Phytotaxa
2014
2014-10-08
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4
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.181.4.1
1179-3163
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7.
Euphorbia foliolosa
Boissier (1862: 24)
(
Fig. 2F–I
).
Lectotype
(designated here):—
BRASIL
.
Minas Gerais
: ad
Trinidade,
J.B.E
. Pohl 1670 (
holotype
B†, photo F!,
lectotype
W0031076!, isolectotype W0031077!).
Distribution and habitat:—
Euphorbia foliolosa
is endemic to
Brazil
(
São Paulo
and
Minas Gerais
). In the State of
São Paulo
the species occurs in cerrado vegetation.
Representative Specimen:—
BRAZIL
.
São Paulo
:
Pedregulho
,
30 October 2013
,
O.L.M. Silva
et al. 97
(SP)
.
Taxonomic notes:—
Euphorbia foliolosa
is very similar to
E. hyssopifolia
and
E. bahiensis
but may be easily identified among them by its longer (>
1.5 mm
in
E. foliolosa
vs.
up to
1.5 mm
in
E. hyssopifolia
and
E. bahiensis
) and entire (
vs.
bifid in
E. hyssopifolia
and
E. bahiensis
) styles, and venation pattern (cladodromous in
E. foliolosa
vs.
actinodromous in
E. hyssopifolia
and
E. bahiensis
). One notable characteristic of
E. foliolosa
, besides its very long styles, is the blackish apex of the teeth of the leaf margin.