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Almeda &amp; R.B.Pacifico
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. Trilha subida para o 
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can be distinguished from 
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by its internodes that are covered with spreading gland-tipped trichomes 
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long (vs. covered with a mixture of ascending to spreading glandular and eglandular trichomes 
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long), sessile leaf blades that are 1-nerved and glandular punctate adaxially [vs. leaves 1–3(–5)-nerved with eglandular trichomes], calyx lobes that are triangular, acute and lacking an apical trichome (vs. attenuate with a pungent apical trichome), and a 5–6-locular ovary that is ½ inferior (vs. a 6-locular ovary that is 4/5 inferior).
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tall. Distal 
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inconspicuously quadrate to subquadrate and inconspicuously sulcate on opposing faces, the 
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long, greenish-brown when dry, defoliating and becoming ± rounded and tardily decorticating with age; the upper internodes 
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long, nodes with a few spreading simple or gland-tipped trichomes 
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long that are tardily deciduous on older branches with distinct leaf scars. 
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sessile, spreading, somewhat crowded and restricted to distal branches; 
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5–6-merous, solitary, terminal on primary and secondary branches, becoming pseudoaxillary with elongation of lateral shoots, subsessile with pedicels lengthening to 
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in fruit. 
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8–12 × 
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, sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex obtuse, 1-nerved, with indumentum on both surfaces like the mature leaves. 
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(at anthesis) 3.5–4 × 
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, campanulate, copiously covered with a mixture of spreading inconspicuous short and longer (some gland-tipped) trichomes up to ca. 
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long. 
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long, flaring; 
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(at anthesis) 
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, yellowish and conspicuously constricted into a short neck just below the torus. 
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(at maturity) 5–6 × 
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, globose, glabrous, enveloped by the persistent hypanthia, dehiscence not observed. 
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0.50–0.91 × 
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, oblong to subreniform, yellow-brown, testa foveolate, raphal zone oblong, ca. 50–60 % the length of the seed.
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, trilha subida para o 
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et al. 286
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299
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is known only from Serra do Caraça of the Espinhaço Meridional where it grows in 
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). It has been collected on two occasions along the trail to Pico do Sol where one of us (RP) noted a population of about 20 individuals growing one to two meters from one another. It was collected in flower in October and in fruit in January.
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:—The distribution of 
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. The RPPN-Santuário do Caraça was established in 1994 to protect a total area of 11,233 ha, of which 10,187 ha are devoted to biodiversity conservation (
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Talamoni 
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. The native vegetation within the reserve consists of Atlantic Forest at lower elevations and along water courses, and 
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and high elevation grasslands (
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) in the higher rocky areas (
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). Landscapes with vast reservoirs of iron ore in 
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and elsewhere are environmentally threatened because of the high value this mineral has in the international market (
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). The vegetational cover of the Serra do Caraça is presently intact and appears to be one of the few protected areas inside the Iron Quadrangle. The population of 
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appears to be afforded a good measure of protection from destructive mining practices but fires are always a potential threat in 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA440B8AD6FFD9BFA05" box="[449,624,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">campo rupestre</emphasis>
habitats. Too few collections of 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4429AAD6FFB89FA05" box="[995,1122,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known to calculate EOO and AOO values using GeoCAT and none of them are georeferenced. We therefore assign a Data Deficient (DD) status to this species based on IUCN criteria.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36585D0FFBEFFA441C4ADDAFB39F9B1" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFBEFFA441C4ADDAFB39F9B1" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2056]" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA441C4ADDAFEB5FA69" bold="true" box="[189,350,1490,1517]" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA441C4ADDAFEA9FA68" bold="true" box="[189,322,1490,1517]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Etymology:</emphasis>
—
</emphasis>
The specific epithet honors Dra. Rosana Romero, Professora titular at the Federal University of Uberlândia (
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) and Curator of the HUFU herbarium, in recognition of her long-time research on Brazilian 
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, especially 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA440B6AE12FDAFF9B1" box="[463,580,1562,1588]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, who first brought this distinctive species to our attention.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36585D0FFBEFFA241C4AE36FE35F878" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="188" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFBEFFA441C4AE36FF4DF78D" blockId="2.[136,1452,158,2056]" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA441C4AE36FDCFF9DD" box="[189,548,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA441C4AE36FEA5F9DD" bold="true" box="[189,334,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Affinities:—</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFBEFFA44037AE36FDCFF9DD" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[334,548,1598,1624]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">Microlicia rosanae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is readily distinguished by its sessile oblong to narrowly oblanceolate 1-nerved leaf blades, 5 6-merous flowers, hypanthia that are copiously covered with a mixture of inconspicuous spreading short and longer (some gland-tipped) trichomes that are up to ca. 
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long, and 5 6-locular ovaries that are ca. ½ inferior. In having an ovary that is partly inferior, 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4432CAEA2FCC1F941" box="[597,810,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia rosanae</emphasis>
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is part of the 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA442BCAEA3FBD6F941" box="[965,1085,1707,1732]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Lavoisiera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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clade of 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA445B6AEA2FAAFF941" box="[1231,1348,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
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, 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA441DCAEC6FEF1F96D" box="[165,282,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia</emphasis>
sp. 3
</taxonomicName>
, in 
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Pacifico 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4409CAEC7FDF5F96D" box="[485,542,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">et al.</emphasis>
2022c
</bibRefCitation>
) but it does not appear to be particularly close to any described species in that group, nor is it similar to any other described species of 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4423FAEFAFC50F889" box="[838,955,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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It is superficially similar to 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4444FAEFAFF27F8B5" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia pilosa</emphasis>
Versiane &amp; R.Romero
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFBEFFA44093AF1EFCE8F8B4" author="Versiane, A. F. A. &amp; Romero, R. &amp; Reginato, M. &amp; Welker, C. A. D. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Goldenberg, R." box="[490,771,1814,1841]" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" pagination="35 - 60" refId="ref7412" refString="Versiane, A. F. A., Romero, R., Reginato, M., Welker, C. A. D., Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Goldenberg, R. (2021) Phylogenetic analysis of Microlicieae (Melastomataceae), with emphasis on the re-circumscription of the large genus Microlicia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 197: 35 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / botlinnean / boab 011" type="journal article" year="2021">
Versiane 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA44328AF1FFD63F8B5" box="[593,648,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">et al.</emphasis>
(2021: 54)
</bibRefCitation>
which was originally described as 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA445FEAF1FFAA5F8B5" box="[1159,1358,1815,1840]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Lavoisiera vestita</emphasis>
Almeda &amp; A.B.Martins
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFBEFFA4402DAF32FD07F8D1" author="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F." box="[340,748,1850,1876]" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" pagination="1 - 194" refId="ref6403" refString="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F. (2017) A monograph of the Brazilian endemic genus Lavoisiera (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae). Phytotaxa 315: 1 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 315.1.1" type="journal article" year="2017">Martins &amp; Almeda (2017: 171–172)</bibRefCitation>
. The two species share petals that are pink with a well-defined creamy yellow or greenish-yellow base on the adaxial surface. In addition to the differentiating characters provided in the diagnosis, 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFBEFFA4403FAF8BFE2FF819" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[326,452,1923,1948]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4403FAF8BFE2FF819" box="[326,452,1923,1948]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA44321AF8BFD2AF819" box="[600,705,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">M. pilosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having leaf blades that are oblong to narrowly oblanceolate and 2–4(–6) mm wide (vs. oblong to elliptic-lanceolate and 
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wide). The two species are also allopatric. 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4444FAFAEFF0AF861" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Microlicia rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be restricted to Serra do Caraça and 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFBEFFA4427BAFC3FC87F861" box="[770,876,1994,2020]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="2" pageNumber="186" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pilosa">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBEFFA4427BAFC3FC87F861" box="[770,876,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">M. pilosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to the summit of Pico do Itambé (
<figureCitation id="1344CADEFFBEFFA44407AFC2FF72F78D" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[136,229,1122,1144]" captionTargetBox="[281,1312,208,1076]" captionTargetId="figure-17@4.[260,1328,190,1098]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Distributions of Microlicia rosanae, M. septentrionalis, and similar species. A. Brazil with eastern states highlighted. B. Eastern Brazil with Espinhaço Meridional, Espinhaço Septentrional, and Chapada Diamantina of the Cadeia do Espinhaço outlined." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8080854" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8080854/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="186">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFBFFFA541F1AF7CFAC0F873" blockId="3.[136,1451,1908,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA541F1AF7CFF16F80C" bold="true" box="[136,253,1908,1930]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA54078AF7CFE55F80F" box="[257,446,1908,1930]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFBFFFA54078AF7CFE50F80F" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[257,443,1908,1930]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="3" pageNumber="187" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">Microlicia rosanae</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA540BBAF7CFE38F80C" bold="true" box="[450,467,1908,1929]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">A</emphasis>
. Habit. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA54366AF7CFDC4F80C" bold="true" box="[543,559,1908,1929]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">B</emphasis>
. Representative leaves, adaxial surface (left) and abaxial surface (right). 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA5459BAF7CFB18F80F" bold="true" box="[1250,1267,1908,1930]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">C</emphasis>
. Flower at anthesis (profile view). 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA5406EAF90FEC3F828" bold="true" box="[279,296,1944,1965]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">D</emphasis>
. Hypanthium (at anthesis) with petals and androecium removed. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA542ECAF90FC4EF828" bold="true" box="[917,933,1944,1965]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">E</emphasis>
. Hypanthial surface enlarged to show indumentum. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA544EEAF90FA4DF828" bold="true" box="[1431,1446,1944,1965]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">F</emphasis>
. Petal (adaxial surface). 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA54015AFB4FE94F857" bold="true" box="[364,383,1980,2002]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">G</emphasis>
. Portion of petal enlarged to show glandular-ciliolate margin. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA542AEAFB4FC01F854" bold="true" box="[983,1002,1980,2001]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">H</emphasis>
. Antesepalous stamen (right) and antepetalous stamen (left). 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA54077AFE8FEFCF870" bold="true" box="[270,279,2016,2037]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">I</emphasis>
. Ovary and style. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA540BEAFE8FE38F870" bold="true" box="[455,467,2016,2037]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">J</emphasis>
. Distal portion of style and stigma. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFBFFFA54255AFE8FCD4F870" bold="true" box="[812,831,2016,2037]" pageId="3" pageNumber="187">K</emphasis>
. Ovary in cross section. Drawn from UEC isotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFB8FFA241F1AC6AFA91FB18" blockId="4.[136,1451,1122,1181]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA241F1AC6AFF14FBF2" bold="true" box="[136,255,1122,1144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Distributions of 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA240D1AC6BFD8BFBFD" box="[424,608,1123,1144]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Microlicia rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24316AC6BFCCBFBFD" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[623,800,1123,1144]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24316AC6BFCCBFBFD" box="[623,800,1123,1144]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. septentrionalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and similar species. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24284AC6AFBE5FBF2" bold="true" box="[1021,1038,1122,1143]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">A</emphasis>
. Brazil with eastern states highlighted. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA244ECAC6BFA4EFBFD" bold="true" box="[1429,1445,1123,1144]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">B</emphasis>
. Eastern Brazil with Espinhaço Meridional, Espinhaço Septentrional, and Chapada Diamantina of the Cadeia do Espinhaço outlined.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFB8FFA241C4ACC3FD53F9F4" blockId="4.[136,1452,1227,2045]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">
There are three other species in the 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2432FACC4FD25FB60" box="[598,718,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Lavoisiera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24243ACC3FC44FB60" authorityName="D. Don" authorityYear="1823" box="[826,943,1227,1253]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24243ACC3FC44FB60" box="[826,943,1227,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that share with 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24511ACC4FB0CFB60" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[1128,1255,1228,1253]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24511ACC4FB0CFB60" box="[1128,1255,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exclusively 5–6- merous flowers, 5–6-locular ovaries, prevailingly pink petals, and stamens that are all fertile. These species are 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA244F4ACF8FF01FAA8" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA244F4ACF8FF01FAA8" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(A. St.-Hilaire ex 
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) Versiane &amp; R.Romero in 
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Versiane 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24544AD1CFB92FAA8" box="[1085,1145,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">et al.</emphasis>
(2021: 52)
</bibRefCitation>
, 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24474AD1CFA40FAA8" box="[1293,1451,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. crassifolia</emphasis>
(Martius &amp; Schrank ex 
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) Versiane &amp; R.Romero
</taxonomicName>
in 
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Versiane 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24558AD30FBB7FAD4" box="[1057,1116,1335,1361]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">et al.</emphasis>
(2021: 53)
</bibRefCitation>
, and 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24458AD30FA40FAD4" box="[1313,1451,1336,1361]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. minensis</emphasis>
Versiane &amp; R.Romero
</taxonomicName>
in 
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Versiane 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2436FAD54FDA1FAF0" box="[534,586,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">et al</emphasis>
. (2021: 52)
</bibRefCitation>
. 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24392AD53FC29FAF0" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[747,962,1371,1397]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24392AD53FC29FAF0" box="[747,962,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Microlicia rosanae</emphasis>
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differs from all of these species in having mature hypanthia that are strongly constricted distally just below the torus (vs. not constricted). This character difference and many others involving vegetative and indumentum details suggest that a close relationship to any of them seems unlikely. Diagnostic illustrations and detailed descriptions for all of these species are included in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA245AEADCFFF38F980" author="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F." pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="1 - 194" refId="ref6403" refString="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F. (2017) A monograph of the Brazilian endemic genus Lavoisiera (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae). Phytotaxa 315: 1 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 315.1.1" type="journal article" year="2017">Martins &amp; Almeda (2017)</bibRefCitation>
together with field photographs. In 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA24313ADE3FC7BF980" author="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F." box="[618,912,1515,1541]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="1 - 194" refId="ref6403" refString="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F. (2017) A monograph of the Brazilian endemic genus Lavoisiera (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae). Phytotaxa 315: 1 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 315.1.1" type="journal article" year="2017">Martins &amp; Almeda (2017)</bibRefCitation>
see 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA242BAADE4FB40F980" box="[963,1195,1515,1541]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Lavoisiera pulchella</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA245CAADE3FA4FF980" author="Chamisso, L. A. von" box="[1203,1444,1515,1541]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="368 - 402" refId="ref6014" refString="Chamisso, L. A. von (1834) De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana et in herbariis regiis berolinensibus observatis (Melastomaceae Americanae). Linnea 9: 368 - 402." type="journal article" year="1834">Chamisso (1834: 370</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
371) for 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24190AE18FE84F9AC" box="[233,367,1551,1577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24005AE18FBEBF9AC" authority="Martius &amp; Schrank ex Candolle (1828: 104)" authorityName="Martius &amp; Schrank ex Candolle" authorityPageNumber="104" authorityYear="1828" box="[380,1024,1551,1577]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="crassifolia">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24005AE18FDE4F9AC" box="[380,527,1551,1577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">L. crassifolia</emphasis>
Martius &amp; Schrank ex 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA2426BAE07FBEBF9AC" author="Candolle, A. L. P. P. de" box="[786,1024,1551,1577]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref5960" refString="Candolle, A. L. P. P. de (1828) Melastomataceae. In: Candolle, A. L. L. P. de (ed.) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 3. Paris, Treuttel et W ¸ rtz, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">Candolle (1828: 104)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
for 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24554AE18FB2CF9AC" authorityName="Martius &amp; Schrank ex Candolle" authorityYear="1828" box="[1069,1223,1551,1577]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="crassifolia">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24554AE18FB2CF9AC" box="[1069,1223,1551,1577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. crassifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA2447DAE18FEB7F9C8" authority="Almeda &amp; Martins" authorityName="Almeda &amp; Martins" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Lavoisiera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="canastrensis">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2447DAE18FAFFF9AC" box="[1284,1300,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24459AE18FA40F9AC" box="[1312,1451,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">canastrensis</emphasis>
Almeda &amp; Martins
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA240F9AE3BFD3BF9C8" author="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F." box="[384,720,1587,1613]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="1 - 194" refId="ref6403" refString="Martins, A. B. &amp; Almeda, F. (2017) A monograph of the Brazilian endemic genus Lavoisiera (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae). Phytotaxa 315: 1 - 194. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 315.1.1" type="journal article" year="2017">Martins &amp; Almeda (2017: 60)</bibRefCitation>
for 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24386AE3CFC6DF9C8" box="[767,902,1588,1613]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minensis">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24386AE3CFC6DF9C8" box="[767,902,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. minensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. For flower images of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA245F1AE3CFAECF9C8" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[1160,1287,1588,1613]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA245F1AE3CFAECF9C8" box="[1160,1287,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2444FAE3BFF36F9F4" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA2444FAE3BFA40F9C8" authority="Almeda &amp; Pacifico, 2023" authorityName="Almeda &amp; Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[1334,1451,1587,1613]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">Microlicia</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A238B732FFB8FFA241F1AE50FF36F9F4" box="[136,221,1624,1649]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) see Figures 7D &amp; 7E in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA24082AE5FFD5EF9F4" author="Brito, R. V." box="[507,693,1623,1649]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" refId="ref5849" refString="Brito, R. V. (2022) Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) na Serra do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Dissertac &quot; o de Mestrado. Universidade de Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. 76 pp." type="book" year="2022">Brito (2022: 13)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC0D65BFFB8FFA241C4AE73FE35F878" blockId="4.[136,1452,1227,2045]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">
A species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24029AE73FE2EF910" authorityName="Almeda &amp; Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[336,453,1659,1685]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24029AE73FE2EF910" box="[336,453,1659,1685]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that grows sympatrically with 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA2425DAE74FC48F910" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[804,931,1660,1685]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2425DAE74FC48F910" box="[804,931,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the trail to Pico do Sol at RPPN Santuário do Caraça is 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2406EAEA8FE70F93C" box="[279,411,1695,1721]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. calycina</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA240D1AE97FD7AF93C" author="Chamisso, L. A. von" box="[424,657,1695,1722]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="428 - 460" refId="ref6048" refString="Chamisso, L. A. von (1835) De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana et in herbariis regiis berolinensibus observatis (Melastomaceae Americanae). Linnea 9: 428 - 460." type="journal article" year="1835">Chamisso 1835: 430</bibRefCitation>
) Versiane &amp; R.Romero
</taxonomicName>
in 
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Versiane 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24564AEA8FBBFF93C" box="[1053,1108,1695,1721]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">et al.</emphasis>
(2021: 52)
</bibRefCitation>
. This latter species, which is a member of the 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA240C5AECBFDDAF958" box="[444,561,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Trembleya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A238B732FFB8FFA24342AECBFDB4F958" box="[571,607,1731,1757]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
clade of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA243B6AECBFBB8F958" authority="(Pacifico et al. 2022 c)" baseAuthorityName="Pacifico" baseAuthorityYear="2022" box="[719,1107,1731,1757]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA243B6AECBFCAFF958" box="[719,836,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">Microlicia</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEABAAFFB8FFA2422FAECBFBA0F958" author="Pacifico, R. &amp; Almeda, F. &amp; Penneys, D. S. &amp; Fidanza, K." box="[854,1099,1731,1757]" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" pagination="1 - 101" refId="ref6853" refString="Pacifico, R., Almeda, F., Penneys, D. S. &amp; Fidanza, K. (2022 c) Systematics of the Trembleya sensu stricto clade of Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae). PhytoKeys 126: 1 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / phytokeys. 126.91032" type="journal article" year="2022">
Pacifico 
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA242C4AECCFC19F958" box="[957,1010,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">et al</emphasis>
. 2022c
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, has 5-merous flowers and 5- locular ovaries. Its leaves are also narrow with margins that are revolute when dry like 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24514AEE0FB06F884" authorityName="Almeda &amp; R. B. Pacifico" authorityYear="2023" box="[1133,1261,1768,1793]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rosanae">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24514AEE0FB06F884" box="[1133,1261,1768,1793]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. rosanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; the two species can be confused when encountered only in fruiting condition. In 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24215AF04FC1AF8A0" authorityName="Versiane &amp; R. Romero" baseAuthorityName="Chamisso" baseAuthorityYear="1835" box="[876,1009,1803,1829]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="calycina">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24215AF04FC1AF8A0" box="[876,1009,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. calycina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the distal internodes are quadrate with angles that are distinctly winged (vs. internodes subquadrate with unwinged angles), the leaf blades are elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 3-nerved from the base, with petioles 
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long and a base that is attenuate (vs. blades oblong to oblanceolate, 1-nerved, sessile and with a base that is ± truncate to rounded). The hypanthia of 
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<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA2445EAF70FA40F814" box="[1319,1451,1911,1937]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. calycina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are glandular-punctate (vs. copiously covered with a mixture of spreading short and longer smooth and gland-tipped trichomes), and the petals are apically acuminate (vs. rounded to somewhat oblique). For an illustration of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7FADD8FFB8FFA24458AFC8FA4FF85C" authorityName="Versiane &amp; R. Romero" baseAuthorityName="Chamisso" baseAuthorityYear="1835" box="[1313,1444,1983,2009]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="188" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="calycina">
<emphasis id="B90B0A49FFB8FFA24458AFC8FA4FF85C" box="[1313,1444,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="188">M. calycina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see 
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