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. 5 veins) and the base rounded to slightly cordate (
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. moderately beset with appressed white eglandular trichomes along much of their length).
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―Erect shrubs to 
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tall with sympodial growth, few-branched. Younger branches roundedquadrangular becoming rounded with age, densely strigose with a mixture of fine smooth ± appressed white to tan trichomes 
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long and longer mostly smooth (sometimes forked) ± appressed trichomes 
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long with swollen bases; the older branches brown, glabrate and decorticating; nodes initially bordered by trichomes similar to the internodes but these falling away with age. Leaves opposite, petioles 
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long; blades 2.5–7.1 × 
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, chartaceous, green (in live specimens) and brown (in dehydrated specimens), but mostly obscured by the indumentum on both surfaces, ovate, base rounded to slightly cordate, apex acute, margins entire and largely concealed by the indumentum, 7 acrodromous veins with the outermost secondary veins confluent near the leaf base on abaxial surface, domatia absent and reticulation (if present) not evident and obscured on abaxial surface by dense indumentum; adaxial surface ± flat, green to brownish in dry specimens, copiously strigose with a mixture of smooth eglandular linear-based trichomes 
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long concentrated near the impressed primary and secondary veins and smooth eglandular trichomes 
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long with swollen bases, abaxial surface flat with elevated primary and secondary veins, color obscured by the tan indumentum when dry, densely sericeous to strigose on the surface and elevated primary and secondary veins, trichomes 
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long, eglandular, mostly appressed, the base mostly linear (slightly swollen on the trichomes covering the elevated veins), not immersed, rarely forked, eglandular. Thyrsoids 7–18 × 
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, terminal, 20–45 flowers, axis rounded to slightly quadrangular, with the same indumentum as the upper branch internodes; bracts paired, similar to leaves in color and shape, petioles up to 
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long, blade 1.3–2.5 × 
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, ovate, indumentum similar to the leaves; bracteoles paired, reddish to reddish-brown, deciduous, 7–9 × 
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, elliptic-lanceolate, apex acute, enveloping flower buds but mostly not concealing bud apex, margins entire, finely ciliate, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface densely sericeous, with indumentum covering the entire surface, or sparsely sericeous or glabrous at the margin, trichomes 
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long, smooth, eglandular and unforked, appressed, the base not swollen, not immersed. Flowers 5-merous, subsessile or on pedicels up to ca. 
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long; hypanthia with the epidermis green or reddish green, barely visible (obscured by dense indumentum), 6–8 × 
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, not costate, densely sericeous, trichomes 
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long, smooth, eglandular, appressed, the base linear, not immersed, sometimes forked; calyx lobes with the epidermis with the same color as the hypanthium, barely visible (obscured by the dense indumentum), late deciduous, 5–6 × 
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, oblong, margins ciliate, apex obtuse to rounded with a tuft of smooth trichomes, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface with indumentum similar to the hypanthia, trichomes dense and concealing the entire abaxial surface; petals purple (at anthesis) but white at the base, 14–15 × 
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, obovate to ± obdeltoid, apex rounded-truncate, ciliate (some of the trichomes glandular); stamens 10, isometric, antesepalous with the filaments white (at anthesis), 
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long, sparsely glandular-pilose on its midportion, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, glandular, straight, the base linear, not immersed, not forked, pedoconnective white, ca. 
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prolonged below the thecae, glabrous, ventral appendages bilobed, white, ascendant, apex bluntly acute to obtuse, 
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long, glabrous, thecae purple but white distally, 8–9 × 
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, falcate, antepetalous with filaments white (at anthesis), 
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long, sparsely glandular-pilose on its middle or upper middle portion, trichomes 
<quantity id="4CBF9B18FFC1FFD57C0C400CFBA0FCD7" box="[1028,1127,842,869]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="0.25">0.25 mm</quantity>
long, unbranched, glandular, straight, the base linear, not immersed, not forked, pedoconnective white, ca. 
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prolonged below the thecae, glabrous, ventral appendages bilobed, white, ascendant, apex bluntly acute to obtuse, 
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long, thecae purple but white distally, ca. 7.5 × 
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, falcate; ovary 4–4.5 × 
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, 5-locular, densely sericeous throughout, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, eglandular, appressed, the base linear, not immersed, not forked; style purple but white just below the stigma, 
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long, distally curved, glabrous, stigma truncate, white. Velatidium 5.8–6.5 × 
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, sepals late deciduous, pedicels 
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long. Seeds not seen.
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC7FFD3788045B9FF3AF8A6" bold="true" box="[136,253,1791,1813]" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC7FFD3790A4446FE5CF8A7" box="[258,411,1792,1813]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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. A. Branch. B. Details of the trichomes that cover the branches. C. Leaf with obtuse base, abaxial surface. D. Leaf with obtuse base, adaxial surface. E. Details of the cordate base of the leaf (abaxial surface). F. Flower at anthesis in lateral view. G. Petal, abaxial surface. H. Antesepalous stamen. I. Antepetalous stamen. J. Hypanthium and calyx lobes in lateral view. K. Gynoecium. L. Bracteole with indumentum distributed only in the central portion of the abaxial surface, glabrous at the margin. M. Adaxial surface of the bracteole shown in L. N. Bracteole with indumentum distributed along the entire abaxial surface to the margin. O. Adaxial surface of the bracteole shown in N. [A-D and F-O drawn based on 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC7FFD37A8344F2FC86F87A" box="[651,833,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Almeda et al. 7762</emphasis>
(CAS); E based on 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC7FFD37C0944F2FB70F87A" box="[1025,1207,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="33">Almeda et al. 7762</emphasis>
(HUFU).]
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC0FFD4788045FEFF3FF97F" bold="true" box="[136,248,1720,1742]" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Photos of the inflorescence, flowers, and some floral parts of live specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC0FFD47C0B45FEFB5BF97C" box="[1027,1180,1720,1742]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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. A. Partial inflorescence. B. Detail of androecium and gynoecium. C. Senescent flower, in the initial period of fruiting, without petals and stamens. D. Flowers with petals, stamens, and style. Voucher: 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC0FFD479EB4446FD58F8A7" box="[483,671,1792,1814]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="34">Almeda et al. 7762.</emphasis>
(All photos by Frank Almeda).
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(
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. 
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of 
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, 
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, 
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. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57AFF472DFCC1FB37" box="[759,774,1131,1157]" country="Sweden" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15668" name="Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">S</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57B0E472DFCCDFB37" box="[774,778,1131,1157]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57B01472DFC11FB36" box="[777,982,1130,1157]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57B01472DFC8EFB37" box="[777,841,1131,1157]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Irwin</collectorName>
et al. 27966
</emphasis>
(
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!, 
<collectingCountry id="F350766DFFC1FFD57C2F472CFB8CFB36" box="[1063,1099,1130,1156]" name="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">US</collectingCountry>
online image); 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57CF5472CFA8EFB36" box="[1277,1353,1130,1156]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57D5F472CFE19FB1B" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Estrada Diamantina-Conselheiro Mata</collectingCounty>
, 20.3 kms depois do asfalto, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57B2C47C8FBC6FB1A" box="[804,1025,1166,1192]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1994-09-23">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57B2C47C8FBC6FB1A" box="[804,1025,1166,1192]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1994-09-23">23 September 1994</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57C0447C8FB34FB1A" box="[1036,1267,1166,1193]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57C0447C8FB8BFB1A" box="[1036,1100,1166,1192]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Splett</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57C6747C9FB06FB1B" box="[1135,1217,1167,1193]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Gröger</collectorName>
654
</emphasis>
(
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!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57D4147C8FAB0FB1A" box="[1353,1399,1166,1192]" country="France" name="Laboratoire de Biostratigraphie" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">UB</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectingCountry id="F350766DFFC1FFD57D8047C8FA6BFB1A" box="[1416,1452,1166,1192]" name="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">US</collectingCountry>
online image).
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<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD5793B47F4FEDAFB42" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148315" collectingDate="1994-09-23" collectingDateMax="2009-05-24" collectingDateMin="1994-09-23" collectionCode="NY, SPF, UB, L" collectorName="Menini Neto" country="United States of America" county="Estrada Diamantina-Conselheiro Mata" location="Distrito de Itapanhoacanga" municipality="Municipality of Alvorada de Minas" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD5793B47F4FD01FB7E" box="[307,710,1202,1228]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Alvorada de Minas</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57ADA47F4FBC1FB7E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57ADA47F4FBC1FB7E" box="[722,1030,1202,1228]" country="United States of America" county="Estrada Diamantina-Conselheiro Mata" municipality="Municipality of Alvorada de Minas" name="Distrito de Itapanhoacanga" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Distrito de Itapanhoacanga</location>
, estrada para 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57CA947F4FA44FB7E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57CA947F4FA44FB7E" box="[1185,1411,1202,1228]" country="United States of America" county="Estrada Diamantina-Conselheiro Mata" municipality="Municipality of Alvorada de Minas" name="Cachoeira Campina" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Cachoeira Campina</location>
, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57D8747F4FEC7FB42" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2009-05-24">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57D8747F4FEC7FB42" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2009-05-24">24 May 2009</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579054791FEDAFB42" box="[269,285,1239,1264]" country="Netherlands" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15678" name="Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579054791FEDAFB42" box="[269,285,1239,1264]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">L</emphasis>
</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579144791FEE4FB42" box="[284,291,1239,1264]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD579244791FDD6FAA6" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148308" collectingDate="1998-03-01" collectionCode="HUFU, K, RB, SPF, J, R" collectorName="Menini Neto" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Datas" location="Km" municipality="Serro" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579244791FDF7FB42" box="[300,560,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD579244791FE7DFB42" box="[300,442,1239,1264]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Menini Neto</collectorName>
et al. 708
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57A494790FD50FB42" box="[577,663,1238,1264]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15469" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15469" name="Universidade Federal de Uberlândia" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">HUFU</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57AA04790FD04FB42" box="[680,707,1238,1264]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15867" name="Royal Botanic Gardens" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">K</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57ADE4791FD3CFB43" box="[726,763,1239,1265]" country="Brazil" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15528" name="Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">RB</collectionCode>
online image, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BA04790FC27FB42" box="[936,992,1238,1264]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" name="Universidade de São Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SPF</collectionCode>
!). 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57BF14790FB30FB43" box="[1017,1271,1238,1265]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Datas</collectingCounty>
, rodovia 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD57D6A4791FF00FAA6" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Datas-Serro</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD578DB47BDFF3AFAA7" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD578DB47BDFF3AFAA7" box="[211,253,1275,1301]" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Datas" municipality="Serro" name="Km" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Km</location>
451, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD5793547BCFE1AFAA6" box="[317,477,1274,1300]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1998-03-01">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD5793547BCFE1AFAA6" box="[317,477,1274,1300]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1998-03-01">1 March 1998</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579E147BDFDD6FAA6" box="[489,529,1275,1300]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579E147BDFE3EFAA6" box="[489,505,1275,1300]" country="South Africa" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14647" name="University of the Witwatersrand" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">J</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579F547BDFDD6FAA6" box="[509,529,1275,1300]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">R</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57A1847BDFDD3FAA6" box="[528,532,1275,1300]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57A1347BDFE1DFA8B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148317" collectingDate="2016-05-04" collectionCode="SPF, J, E, Q" collectorName="Pirani" country="United States of America" location="Municipality" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57A1347BDFD25FAA6" box="[539,738,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57A1347BDFDA4FAA6" box="[539,611,1275,1300]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Pirani</collectorName>
et al. 4061
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57AFA47BCFCEDFAA6" box="[754,810,1274,1300]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" name="Universidade de São Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SPF</collectionCode>
!). 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57B4A47BCFC14FAA6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57B4A47BCFC14FAA6" box="[834,979,1274,1300]" country="United States of America" name="Municipality" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality</location>
of 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC1FFD57BF147BCFB20FAA7" authority=", Margem" authorityName="Margem" box="[1017,1255,1274,1301]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Podostemaceae" genus="Diamantina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Diamantina, Margem</taxonomicName>
de estrada para a formação, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD579084658FE4CFA8A" box="[256,395,1310,1337]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2016-05-04">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD579084658FE4CFA8A" box="[256,395,1310,1337]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2016-05-04">4 May 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD5799E4659FE1DFA8B" box="[406,474,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD5799E4659FE60FA8B" box="[406,423,1311,1337]" country="South Africa" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14647" name="University of the Witwatersrand" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">J</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579A34659FE07FA8B" box="[427,448,1311,1337]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15670" name="Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">E</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579CC4659FE1DFA8B" box="[452,474,1311,1337]" country="Ecuador" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14273" name="Universidad Central" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">Q</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579D14659FE1AFA8B" box="[473,477,1311,1337]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD579ED4659FC95FAEE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148305" collectingDate="1992-08-08" collectionCode="HDJF, HUFU, SP, UB, J, R" collectorName="Faria" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Itambe do Mato Dentro" location="Serra Cabeca de Boi" municipality="Estrada" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579ED4659FDA3FA8A" box="[485,612,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD579ED4659FDE2FA8A" box="[485,549,1311,1336]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Faria</collectorName>
5955
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57A7A4658FD70FA8A" box="[626,695,1310,1336]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/fmh6-brwg" name="Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">HDJF</collectionCode>
online image, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57B574658FC73FA8A" box="[863,948,1310,1336]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15469" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15469" name="Universidade Federal de Uberlândia" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">HUFU</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BCB4658FC2EFA8A" box="[963,1001,1310,1336]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Botânica" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SP</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BF14658FBEFFA8A" box="[1017,1064,1310,1336]" country="France" name="Laboratoire de Biostratigraphie" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">UB</collectionCode>
!). 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57C494658FF1EFAEF" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Itambé do Mato Dentro</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD578EB4604FEF0FAEE" box="[227,311,1346,1372]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Estrada</collectingMunicipality>
para a 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD579804604FDA8FAEE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD579804604FDA8FAEE" box="[392,623,1346,1372]" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Itambe do Mato Dentro" municipality="Estrada" name="Serra Cabeca de Boi" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Serra Cabeça de Boi</location>
, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57A724604FCE7FAEE" box="[634,800,1346,1372]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1992-08-08">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57A724604FCE7FAEE" box="[634,800,1346,1372]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1992-08-08">8 August 1992</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57B224605FC95FAEE" box="[810,850,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57B224605FCFDFAEE" box="[810,826,1347,1372]" country="South Africa" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14647" name="University of the Witwatersrand" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">J</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57B364605FC95FAEE" box="[830,850,1347,1372]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">R</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57B5A4605FBE2FAEE" box="[850,1061,1346,1373]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
. 
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57B554604FBE6FAEE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148314" box="[861,1057,1346,1373]" collectionCode="M, E" collectorName="Stehmann" country="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57B554604FC0CFAEE" box="[861,971,1346,1372]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Stehmann</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BE64605FBCDFAEE" box="[1006,1034,1347,1372]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637" name="Botanische Staatssammlung München" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">M</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57C054605FBE6FAEE" box="[1037,1057,1347,1372]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15670" name="Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">E</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57C234604FC7DFA32" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148312" collectingDate="1982-03-20" collectionCode="UEC, J, R" collectorName="Sobral" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Santana de Pirapama" location="Serra do Cipo" municipality="Faz. Inhame" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57C234604FB75FAEE" box="[1067,1202,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57C234604FBB1FAEE" box="[1067,1142,1346,1372]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Sobral</collectorName>
1122
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57CCA4604FAC3FAEE" box="[1218,1284,1346,1372]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15616" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15616" name="Universidade Estadual de Campinas" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">UEC</collectionCode>
!). 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57D134604FE55FA32" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Santana de Pirapama</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD579944621FDEEFA32" box="[412,553,1382,1409]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Faz. Inhame</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57A3B4620FD17FA32" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57A3B4620FD17FA32" box="[563,720,1382,1408]" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Santana de Pirapama" municipality="Faz. Inhame" name="Serra do Cipo" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Serra do Cipó</location>
, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57AD34620FC40FA32" box="[731,903,1382,1408]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1982-03-20">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57AD34620FC40FA32" box="[731,903,1382,1408]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1982-03-20">20 March 1982</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57B994621FC7DFA32" box="[913,954,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57B994621FC66FA32" box="[913,929,1383,1408]" country="South Africa" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14647" name="University of the Witwatersrand" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">J</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BAE4621FC7DFA32" box="[934,954,1383,1408]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">R</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BB14621FC7AFA32" box="[953,957,1383,1408]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BCB4621FB85FA32" box="[963,1090,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57BCB4621FBCCFA32" box="[963,1035,1383,1408]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Pirani</collectorName>
et al
</emphasis>
., 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57C5E4621FB1FFA32" box="[1110,1240,1382,1409]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<specimenCode id="DBE19E86FFC1FFD57C5E4621FB1FFA32" box="[1110,1240,1382,1409]" collectionCode="CFSC" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">CFSC 7978</specimenCode>
</emphasis>
(
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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de captação da 
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, 
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, 
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<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57C2146CCFB1CFA16" box="[1065,1243,1418,1445]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2009-03-15">15 March 2009</collectingDate>
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, 
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D. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57D0C46CDFADEFA17" box="[1284,1305,1419,1445]" country="Denmark" name="University of Copenhagen" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">C</collectionCode>
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</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D1246CDFAD9FA17" box="[1306,1310,1419,1445]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57D2F46CDFC17FA5F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148306" collectingDate="1970-07-08" collectionCode="RB, SPF, A, B" collectorName="Zappi" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Santana do Riacho" location="Lagoa Santa - Conceicao do Mato Dentro" municipality="Km" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D2F46CDFF07FA7A" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57D2F46CDFAAFFA16" box="[1319,1384,1419,1444]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Zappi</collectorName>
et al. 2149
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD578D846E8FF30FA7A" box="[208,247,1454,1480]" country="Brazil" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15528" name="Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">RB</collectionCode>
online image, 
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!). 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD579F946E8FC47FA7A" box="[497,896,1454,1480]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Santana do Riacho</collectingCounty>
, [“Jaboticatubas”], 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD57C5646E9FB4FFA7B" box="[1118,1160,1455,1481]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Km</collectingMunicipality>
139, ao longo da rodovia 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD578804695FDA4FA5F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD578804695FDA4FA5F" box="[136,611,1490,1517]" country="United States of America" county="Municipality of Santana do Riacho" municipality="Km" name="Lagoa Santa - Conceicao do Mato Dentro" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Lagoa Santa – Conceição do Mato Dentro</location>
– 
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, 
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<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57B194694FC5FFA5E" box="[785,920,1490,1516]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1970-07-08">8 July 1970</collectingDate>
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, 
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<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BAB4695FC7FFA5F" box="[931,952,1491,1517]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15406" name="Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">A</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BB44695FC17FA5F" box="[956,976,1491,1517]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534" name="Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">B</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BD84695FC13FA5F" box="[976,980,1491,1517]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57BD34694FA94F9A2" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148301" collectingDate="1980-09-06" collectionCode="SP, UEC, E" collectorName="Joly" country="United States of America" county="Serra do Cipo" location="Lagoa Santa" municipality="Km" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCode="CFSC 307" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BD34694FB09FA5E" box="[987,1230,1490,1517]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57BD34694FBCDFA5E" box="[987,1034,1490,1516]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Joly</collectorName>
et al., 
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</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57CD74694FAC2FA5E" box="[1247,1285,1490,1516]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Botânica" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SP</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57D1E4694FA9FFA5E" box="[1302,1368,1490,1516]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15616" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15616" name="Universidade Estadual de Campinas" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">UEC</collectionCode>
!); 
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57D784694FF22F9A2" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Serra do Cipó</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD578FA46B1FEDBF9A3" box="[242,284,1527,1553]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Km</collectingMunicipality>
109 (antigo 114) da estrada a 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57A7E46B1FCC5F9A2" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57A7E46B1FCC5F9A2" box="[630,770,1526,1553]" country="United States of America" county="Serra do Cipo" municipality="Km" name="Lagoa Santa" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Lagoa Santa</location>
a 
<location id="8E986026FFC1FFD57B1746B0FB92F9A3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03EE87EBFFC6FFD878804792FF16FE06:8E986026FFC1FFD57B1746B0FB92F9A3" box="[799,1109,1526,1553]" country="United States of America" county="Serra do Cipo" municipality="Km" name="Conceicao do Mato Dentro" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Conceição do Mato Dentro</location>
, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57C6946B0FAF5F9A2" box="[1121,1330,1526,1552]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1980-09-06">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57C6946B0FAF5F9A2" box="[1121,1330,1526,1552]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1980-09-06">6 September 1980</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57D3646B1FA94F9A2" box="[1342,1363,1527,1552]" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15670" name="Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D3646B1FA94F9A2" box="[1342,1363,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">E</emphasis>
</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D5A46B1FA91F9A2" box="[1362,1366,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D5646B1FEC3F986" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57D5646B1FA6CF9A2" box="[1374,1451,1527,1552]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Forero</collectorName>
et al. 7828
</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD5791D455DFE5CF986" box="[277,411,1562,1589]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<specimenCode id="DBE19E86FFC1FFD5791D455DFE5CF986" box="[277,411,1562,1589]" collectionCode="CFSC" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">CFSC 8735</specimenCode>
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579A6455CFE13F986" box="[430,468,1562,1588]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Botânica" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SP</collectionCode>
!, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD579EF455CFDD8F986" box="[487,543,1562,1588]" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15730" name="Universidade de São Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">SPF</collectionCode>
!); 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57A31455CFD42F986" box="[569,645,1562,1588]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57A9E455CFD27F986" box="[662,736,1562,1588]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">UCAT</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
, 
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57AE6455CFC3AF987" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148318" box="[750,1021,1562,1589]" collectingDate="1985-02-22" collectionCode="M, A" country="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57AE6455CFC7AF987" box="[750,957,1562,1589]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1985-02-22">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57AE6455CFC7AF987" box="[750,957,1562,1589]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="1985-02-22">22 February 1985</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BC2455DFC3AF987" box="[970,1021,1563,1589]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BC2455DFC21F987" box="[970,998,1563,1589]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637" name="Botanische Staatssammlung München" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">M</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57BE2455DFC3AF987" box="[1002,1021,1563,1589]" country="USA" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15406" name="Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">A</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57BF5455DFB6DF986" box="[1021,1194,1563,1589]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
. 
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<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57C02455DFB8AF986" box="[1034,1101,1563,1588]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Lopes</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57C7E455DFB4FF986" box="[1142,1160,1563,1588]" country="France" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15763" name="Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">P</collectionCode>
. 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD57C83455DFB62F986" box="[1163,1189,1563,1588]" country="Germany" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637" name="Botanische Staatssammlung München" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">M</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57CBA455CFAFBF986" box="[1202,1340,1562,1588]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCounty id="62994E71FFC1FFD57CBA455CFAD5F986" box="[1202,1298,1562,1588]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Andrade</collectingCounty>
s.n
</emphasis>
. (HUFU-6293!). 
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9CAC87FFC1FFD578E94578FE10F9EA" box="[225,471,1598,1624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Municipality of Serro</collectingMunicipality>
, Distrito de Mato Grosso, 
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, 
<date id="FFF9103DFFC1FFD57C554578FACBF9EA" box="[1117,1292,1598,1624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2001-03-28">
<collectingDate id="EFBDE9D5FFC1FFD57C554578FACBF9EA" box="[1117,1292,1598,1624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" value="2001-03-28">28 March 2001</collectingDate>
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, 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D1F4579FAECF9EA" box="[1303,1323,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">R</emphasis>
</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57D234579FF5BF9CE" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
. 
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD57D3F4579FF5FF9CE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148304" collectionCode="J" collectorName="Romero" country="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD57D3F4579FA48F9EA" box="[1335,1423,1599,1624]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Romero</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectionCode id="ED56AE38FFC1FFD578804525FF5FF9CE" box="[136,152,1635,1660]" country="South Africa" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14647" name="University of the Witwatersrand" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="Herbarium">J</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B2F3CA0FFC1FFD578AA4524FE06F9CE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3897148319" box="[162,449,1634,1660]" collectionCode="HUFU" collectorName="Nakajima" country="United States of America" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD578AA4524FE89F9CE" box="[162,334,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<collectorName id="26B2532BFFC1FFD578AA4524FEC8F9CE" box="[162,271,1634,1660]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Nakajima</collectorName>
6006
</emphasis>
(
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!)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35D6576FFC1FFD578B545C0FCBAF882" pageId="5" pageNumber="35" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BF836FDFFC1FFD578B545C0FCBAF882" blockId="5.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD578B545C0FE1CF912" bold="true" box="[189,475,1670,1696]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
:— 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579F645C0FD6AF912" box="[510,685,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is apparently endemic to Serra do Cipó and the Planalto de 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC1FFD57D2145C0FA6BF912" box="[1321,1452,1670,1696]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Podostemaceae" genus="Diamantina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Diamantina</taxonomicName>
in 
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, where it occurs on quartzitic 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57ACA45EDFCA9F976" box="[706,878,1707,1732]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">campo rupestre</emphasis>
associated with rocky outcrops exposed to full sun, at elevations between 
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(
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are within the Planalto de 
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biogeographic district of 
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Colli-Silva 
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(2019)
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. The distribution pattern of 
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is shared with several other species of 
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(
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Pacifico 
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2020b
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, 
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).
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD578B5447CFEFEF8E6" bold="true" box="[189,313,1850,1876]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Phenology</emphasis>
:—Collected flowering and fruiting from February to September (except June).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD578B54418FE9AF8CA" bold="true" box="[189,349,1886,1912]" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Conservation</emphasis>
:— 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD579894418FDF4F8CA" box="[385,563,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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should be considered Endangered (EN) according to IUCN (2022) criterion B1. The species is known from few populations, and its distribution is restricted. Its Area of Occurrence (EO) is 
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(less than 5,000 Km 
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), and its Area of Occupancy (AO) is about 
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. 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC1FFD57C2A44E0FB12F872" box="[1058,1237,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="35">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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has been collected only 13 times between the years 1970 and 2016. One specimen was collected within the boundaries of the Serra do Cipó National Park (
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), the only fully protected conservation unit within the Serra do Cipó. Five specimens were collected inside the Morro da Pedreira APA (Environmental Protection Area; 
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), a conservation unit with few environmental restrictions. Other conservation units that can potentially protect populations of 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67CA443D9FAD4FF0A" box="[1196,1299,159,184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">P. piranii</emphasis>
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include three Brazilian state parks (Serra do Intendente State Park, Pico do Itambé State Park, Biribiri State Park), one national park (Sempre-Vivas National Park) and one environmental protection area (Águas Vertentes APA). According to 
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, major threats to 
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endemic vegetation include biological invasions, deforestation, mining, road construction, tourism, human-caused fires, plant extraction, cattle ranching, and agriculture.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD6788047A1FF3BFB4E" bold="true" box="[136,252,1255,1277]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Distribution map of 
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.
</emphasis>
A. Brazil. B. State of Minas Gerais. C. Distribution of 
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. D. Rupestrian grasslands on Serra do Cipó, one of the places where the species occurs. (Photo D by Soizig Le Stradic).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35D6576FFC2FFD678B54616FA65F9AC" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD678B54616FEF9FAD8" bold="true" box="[189,318,1360,1386]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">Etymology</emphasis>
:—The epithet “ 
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” honors our colleague Dr. José Rubens Pirani (1953–), Professor of Botany at the University of 
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and Curator of the SPF herbarium. Dr. Pirani is one of the major organizers of the Flora of Serra do Cipó, and an active plant collector in the region. In addition to a productive research career concentrated on the systematics of Neotropical 
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(especially 
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and 
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), he has mentored numerous graduate students and has routinely provided botanical assistance to all students and colleagues who have solicited his help. Two of the 
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of this species (
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, and 
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) were collected by Pirani.
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD678B5456EFF32F9F0" bold="true" box="[189,245,1576,1602]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">Note</emphasis>
:— 
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resembles the species traditionally recognized in 
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section 
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(
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) 
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, especially the group defined by the following morphological characters: (1) the appendages and connectives of the stamens are glabrous, (2) filaments glabrous or covered with short trichomes, (3) hypanthia and leaves sericeous, (4) calyx lobes elongated, (5) branches tetragonal and devoid of wings, and (6) leaves oval, sericeous on the adaxial surface (see the key of 
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section 
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, according to 
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). Within this group, 
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is most similar to species with a branched habit such as 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67D44459AFF31F8A8" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">Pleroma velutinum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC2FFD6790F4446FE1EF8A8" author="Naudin, C." box="[263,473,1791,1818]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" pagination="126 - 303" refId="ref9433" refString="Naudin, C. (1850) Melastomatacearum, monographicae descriptionis. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, t. 13: 126 - 303." type="journal article" year="1850">Naudin 1850: 144</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC2FFD679E24446FD72F8A8" author="Triana, J. J." box="[490,693,1792,1818]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 188" refId="ref10733" refString="Triana, J. J. (1872 &quot; 1871 &quot;) Les Melastomacees. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28: 1 - 188. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1871. tb 00222. x" type="journal article" year="1872">Triana (1872: 42)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC2FFD67AFD4446FEDBF88C" authority="(Cogniaux 1885: 351) Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityPageNumber="351" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67AFD4446FBC3F8A8" box="[757,1028,1792,1818]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">Pleroma blanchetianum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC2FFD67C1D4446FAC6F8A8" author="Cogniaux, A. C." box="[1045,1281,1791,1818]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" pagination="205 - 484" refId="ref7065" refString="Cogniaux, A. C. (1885) Melastomataceae II. Tibouchineae. In: Martius, C. F. P., Eichler, A. G. &amp; Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis 14 (3). Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, Munich, pp. 205 - 484." type="book chapter" year="1885">Cogniaux 1885: 351</bibRefCitation>
) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC2FFD679484462FD42F88C" author="Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Sosa, K. &amp; Gomez, J. R. S." box="[320,645,1827,1854]" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" pagination="937 - 1002" refId="ref8570" refString="Guimaraes, P. J. F., Michelangeli, F. A., Sosa, K. &amp; Gomez, J. R. S. (2019) Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): a new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68: 937 - 1002. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / tax. 12151" type="journal article" year="2019">
Guimarães 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD679C84462FE36F88C" box="[448,497,1828,1854]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">et al</emphasis>
. (2019: 975)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836FDFFC2FFD778B5440EFBCBFE06" blockId="6.[136,1452,1359,2070]" lastBlockId="7.[136,1452,158,2093]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC2FFD678B5440EFEA9F8D3" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[189,366,1864,1890]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD678B5440EFEA9F8D3" box="[189,366,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC2FFD67ABD440EFCFBF8D0" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[693,828,1864,1890]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67ABD440EFCFBF8D0" box="[693,828,1864,1890]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">P.velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
due to its shrubby habit (moderately branched), opposite leaves (exclusively), these discolorous, and short petioles. It is also similar in having thyrsoid inflorescences, flower buds surrounded by two elliptical bracteoles, pentamerous flowers, sericeous hypanthia, purple petals, isometric stamens (i.e., the antepetalous and antesepalous cycles differ little in relation to the size of the filaments, connectives, connective appendages, and anthers), purple anthers (light purple on its adaxial surface in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC2FFD67C03449EFBB3F843" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[1035,1140,2008,2033]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67C03449EFBB3F843" box="[1035,1140,2008,2033]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">P. piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), glabrous connectives and appendages, filaments sparsely glandular pilose on its basal portion (sometimes glabrous in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC2FFD67CAD44BAFAF6F7A4" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[1189,1329,2044,2070]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="36" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD67CAD44BAFAF6F7A4" box="[1189,1329,2044,2070]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Freitas 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC2FFD77D9F44BAFF62FF0A" italics="true" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="6" pageNumber="36">et al.</emphasis>
2016). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD778F743D8FE73FF0A" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[255,436,158,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778F743D8FE73FF0A" box="[255,436,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77A4643D9FD1EFF0A" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[590,729,158,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A4643D9FD1EFF0A" box="[590,729,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the characters enumerated in the diagnosis, and also by the older branches with a decorticated epidermis (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A964385FD72FF6E" box="[670,693,195,220]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. older branches with epidermis non-decorticated in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77D064385FA5CFF6E" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[1294,1435,194,220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D064385FA5CFF6E" box="[1294,1435,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), indumentum on the adaxial surface of the leaves, which is uniform in size along the adaxial surface and veins in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77D9F43A1FF13FE96" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D9F43A1FF13FE96" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778ED424DFF3BFE96" box="[229,252,267,292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. indumentum on the adaxial surface of the leaves longer on the primary veins, especially the portion closer to the base in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD779224269FE72FEFA" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[298,437,302,328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779224269FE72FEFA" box="[298,437,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). One other difference between 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77B204269FC56FEFA" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[808,913,303,328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B204269FC56FEFA" box="[808,913,303,328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77BC34269FB91FEFA" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[971,1110,302,328]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BC34269FB91FEFA" box="[971,1110,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is that the former species has trichomes completely covering the ovary (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A574215FDB1FEDE" box="[607,630,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. only at the apex in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77B5D4215FC19FEDE" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[853,990,338,364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B5D4215FC19FEDE" box="[853,990,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77BFD4214FB61FEDE" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[1013,1190,338,364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BFD4214FB61FEDE" box="[1013,1190,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs only in the state of 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD778AE4230FEF8FE22" box="[166,319,374,400]" country="Brazil" name="Minas Gerais" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Minas Gerais</collectingRegion>
, on Serra do Cipó and the Planalto de 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77AE44230FCB5FE22" box="[748,882,374,400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Podostemaceae" genus="Diamantina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Diamantina</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77BA34231FBF2FE22" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Naudin" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[939,1077,374,400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="velutinum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BA34231FBF2FE22" box="[939,1077,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. velutinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs only in the state of 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD77D6B4230FA60FE22" box="[1379,1447,374,400]" country="Brazil" name="Bahia" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Bahia</collectingRegion>
, on the Chapada 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD7793542DCFE07FE06" box="[317,448,410,436]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Podostemaceae" genus="Diamantina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="41" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Diamantina</taxonomicName>
(northern Cadeia do Espinhaço; Freitas 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B8C42DDFC71FE06" box="[900,950,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. 2016).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836FDFFC3FFD778B542F8FAE4FCD6" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD778B542F8FEB2FE6A" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[189,373,446,472]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778B542F8FEB2FE6A" box="[189,373,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also morphologically similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77B1642F9FC22FE6A" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[798,997,446,472]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B1642F9FC22FE6A" box="[798,997,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
due to the shrubby habit (moderately branched) and leaves with short petioles. They also share thyrsoid inflorescences, flower buds surrounded by two elliptical bracteoles, sericeous hypanthia, purple petals, isometric stamens, purple anthers, glabrous connectives and appendages, filaments sparsely glandular pilose on its basal portion (sometimes glabrous in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77CD7416DFA64FDF6" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[1247,1443,554,580]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77CD7416DFA64FDF6" box="[1247,1443,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC3FFD778804108FEF0FDDB" author="Cogniaux, A. C." box="[136,311,590,617]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" pagination="205 - 484" refId="ref7065" refString="Cogniaux, A. C. (1885) Melastomataceae II. Tibouchineae. In: Martius, C. F. P., Eichler, A. G. &amp; Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis 14 (3). Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, Munich, pp. 205 - 484." type="book chapter" year="1885">Cogniaux 1885</bibRefCitation>
, Freitas 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7799E4109FE00FDDA" box="[406,455,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. 2016). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77A2C4108FD10FDDA" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[548,727,590,616]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A2C4108FD10FDDA" box="[548,727,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77B634109FBEAFDDA" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[875,1069,590,616]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B634109FBEAFDDA" box="[875,1069,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the older branches with decorticated epidermis (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779914135FE77FD3E" box="[409,432,627,652]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. older branches with epidermis non-decorticated in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77C084135FB04FD3E" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[1024,1219,626,652]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77C084135FB04FD3E" box="[1024,1219,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), larger leaves, with 2.5 7.1 × 1.4 
<quantity id="4CBF9B18FFC3FFD7792E41D0FEB5FD03" box="[294,370,662,689]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" unit="cm" value="4.7">4.7 cm</quantity>
(
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7798941D1FE5FFD02" box="[385,408,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. 1–3 × 
<quantity id="4CBF9B18FFC3FFD779E441D0FDAAFD02" box="[492,621,662,689]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.55" metricValueMax="2.5" metricValueMin="0.6" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" unit="cm" value="1.55" valueMax="2.5" valueMin="0.6">0.6–2.5 cm</quantity>
), ovate (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77AC441D1FD24FD02" box="[716,739,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. orbicular), with opposite branching (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77C8041D1FB58FD02" box="[1160,1183,663,688]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. more often verticillate, and rarely opposite). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD7797741FCFD48FD66" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[383,655,698,724]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7797741FCFD48FD66" box="[383,655,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may have tetramerous (less often) and pentamerous flowers (Freitas 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778804199FF7CFD4A" box="[136,187,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. 2016), while 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779694199FE16FD4A" box="[353,465,735,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD779694199FE0AFD4A" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[353,461,735,760]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">P. piranii</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
only has pentamerous flowers; 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77B354199FC62FD4A" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[829,933,735,760]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B354199FC62FD4A" box="[829,933,735,760]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also differs by the ovary that is covered with trichomes for its entire length (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779E24045FDC6FCAE" box="[490,513,771,796]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. only at the apex in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77AE54045FC68FCAE" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[749,943,770,796]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="blanchetianum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77AE54045FC68FCAE" box="[749,943,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BC04044FBBBFCAE" box="[968,1148,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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occurs only in the state of 
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, on Serra do Cipó and Planalto de 
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, and 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B654061FBE8FCF2" box="[877,1071,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. blanchetianum</emphasis>
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occurs only in the state of 
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, especially on the Chapada 
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(the northern portion of Cadeia do Espinhaço; Freitas 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77C93400DFB0BFCD6" box="[1179,1228,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. 2016).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836FDFFC3FFD778B54028FCBCFA32" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD778B54028FEB7FC3A" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[189,368,878,904]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778B54028FEB7FC3A" box="[189,368,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
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also appears to be related to 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77AB04028FC41FC3A" box="[696,902,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma clavatum</emphasis>
(
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) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
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in 
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Guimarães 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7792E40D5FE9FFC1E" box="[294,344,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. (2019: 974)
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; they resemble each other in their shrubby habit (little branched in 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77CE940D5FAA3FC1E" box="[1249,1380,914,940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), oval leaves that are opposite (exclusively), discolorous (slightly discolorous in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77BD840F1FB94FC62" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Persoon" baseAuthorityYear="1805" box="[976,1107,950,976]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clavatum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BD840F1FB94FC62" box="[976,1107,950,976]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and sericeous on the adaxial surface. They also share the elongated thyrsoids, sericeous hypanthia, purple petals, isometric stamens, purple anthers, glabrous connectives and appendages, filaments sparsely glandular pilose along their basal portions (Guimarães &amp; Oliveira 2009). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD779334764FE2AFB8E" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[315,493,1058,1084]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779334764FE2AFB8E" box="[315,493,1058,1084]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77A8A4765FCC2FB8E" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Persoon" baseAuthorityYear="1805" box="[642,773,1058,1084]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clavatum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A8A4765FCC2FB8E" box="[642,773,1058,1084]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the older branches with decorticated epidermis (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D444765FAA4FB8E" box="[1356,1379,1059,1084]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. older branches with epidermis non-decorticated in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77A984701FCD2FBD2" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Persoon" baseAuthorityYear="1805" box="[656,789,1094,1120]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clavatum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A984701FCD2FBD2" box="[656,789,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), brown leaves (in dehydrated specimens) on the adaxial surface (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778E0472DFF38FB36" box="[232,255,1131,1156]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. silvery leaves on the adaxial surface), with an acute apex (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B9A472DFC6EFB36" box="[914,937,1131,1156]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. obtuse), longer petioles that are 3 
<quantity id="4CBF9B18FFC3FFD77D3C472CFAB3FB37" box="[1332,1396,1130,1157]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" unit="mm" value="6.0">6 mm</quantity>
long (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7789947C9FF6FFB1A" box="[145,168,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. absent or highly reduced, and 
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long), and by the ovary completely covered with trichomes (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D1447C9FAF4FB1A" box="[1308,1331,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. the ovary covered with trichomes only in its apical portion). Another difference between these two species involves habitat. 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778804790FE9FFB42" box="[136,344,1238,1264]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in restinga (vegetation on coastal sandy soils) and Submontane Atlantic Forest along the coast in the states of 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD7797C47BCFDDCFAA6" box="[372,539,1274,1300]" country="Brazil" name="Santa Catarina" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Santa Catarina</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD77A2F47BCFDB1FAA6" box="[551,630,1274,1300]" country="Brazil" name="Parana" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Paraná</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD77A8947BCFD34FAA6" box="[641,755,1274,1300]" country="Brazil" name="Sao Paulo" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">São Paulo</collectingRegion>
and 
<collectingRegion id="4983F81FFFC3FFD77B2147BCFC0BFAA6" box="[809,972,1274,1300]" country="Brazil" name="Rio de Janeiro" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Rio de Janeiro</collectingRegion>
(
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). There is a specimen of 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778804659FF37FA8A" box="[136,240,1311,1336]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
incorrectly identified as 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77A024658FB24FA8A" authority="(Linnaeus 1753: 390) Baillon (1880: 34)" authorityName="Baillon" authorityPageNumber="34" authorityYear="1880" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityPageNumber="390" baseAuthorityYear="1753" box="[522,1251,1310,1337]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Tibouchina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="holosericea">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A024658FCD4FA8A" box="[522,787,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Tibouchina holosericea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC3FFD77B294658FBC3FA8A" author="Linnaeus, C. von" box="[801,1028,1310,1337]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" refId="ref8795" refString="Linnaeus, C. von. (1753) Species Plantarum Species plantarum: exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas 1. Holmiae, Stockholm, 560 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 59734" type="book" year="1753">Linnaeus 1753: 390</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC3FFD77C1B4658FB24FA8A" author="Baillon, H." box="[1043,1251,1310,1336]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" refId="ref7017" refString="Baillon, H. (1880) Histoire des plantes 7. Librairie Hachette, Paris. 534 pp." type="book" year="1880">Baillon (1880: 34)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D0C4659FA40FA8A" box="[1284,1415,1310,1336]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) at K (see 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778D14604FE47FAEE" box="[217,384,1346,1372]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Glaziou 19294</emphasis>
, on the list of the 
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). On this collection the branch on the left (K000329046) is mixed with a specimen of 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD7796B4621FE21FA32" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Persoon" baseAuthorityYear="1805" box="[355,486,1382,1408]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="clavatum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7796B4621FE21FA32" box="[355,486,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. clavatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(branch on the right, K000329047).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836FDFFC3FFD778B546CCFAE6F95A" blockId="7.[136,1452,158,2093]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">
Finally, 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD7792946CCFE1CFA16" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Almeda" authorityYear="2022" box="[289,475,1418,1444]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="piranii">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7792946CCFE1CFA16" box="[289,475,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares some morphological features with 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77BED46CCFE7CFA7A" authority="(Wurdack 1959: 9) Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityPageNumber="9" baseAuthorityYear="1959" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nodosum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BED46CCFB7FFA16" box="[997,1208,1418,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma nodosum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC3FFD77CD946CCFA64FA16" author="Wurdack, J. J." box="[1233,1443,1418,1445]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" pagination="3 - 11" refId="ref10885" refString="Wurdack, J. J. (1959) The Machris Brazilian expedition, botany: Phanerogamae, Melastomataceae and Polygalaceae. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 28: 3 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 241074" type="journal article" year="1959">Wurdack 1959: 9</bibRefCitation>
) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
</taxonomicName>
in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B0CFFC3FFD779E946E8FCEFFA7A" author="Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Sosa, K. &amp; Gomez, J. R. S." box="[481,808,1454,1480]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" pagination="937 - 1002" refId="ref8570" refString="Guimaraes, P. J. F., Michelangeli, F. A., Sosa, K. &amp; Gomez, J. R. S. (2019) Systematics of Tibouchina and allies (Melastomataceae: Melastomateae): a new taxonomic classification. Taxon 68: 937 - 1002. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / tax. 12151" type="journal article" year="2019">
Guimarães 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A6A46E9FD5BFA7A" box="[610,668,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al.</emphasis>
(2019: 986)
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- a shrubby habit (moderately branched), older branches with decorticated epidermis, opposite leaves (exclusively), discolorous, short petioles, the thyrsoid inflorescences, flower buds surrounded by two elliptical bracteoles, pentamerous flowers, sericeous hypanthia, isometric stamens, glabrous connectives and appendages, and filaments sparsely glandular pilose along their basal portions. 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D44455CFF13F9EA" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma piranii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD7796F4579FE20F9EA" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[359,487,1598,1624]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nodosum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD7796F4579FE20F9EA" box="[359,487,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. nodosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the leaves that are densely sericeous on the adaxial surface (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77CA34579FB05F9EA" box="[1195,1218,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. moderately strigose in 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD778AC4525FEE4F9CE" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[164,291,1634,1660]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nodosum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778AC4525FEE4F9CE" box="[164,291,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">P. nodosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), purple petals (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779D04525FE28F9CE" box="[472,495,1635,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. light magenta petals), purple anthers (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77BA84525FC70F9CE" box="[928,951,1635,1660]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. white anthers), and by the ovary completely covered with trichomes (
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779AB45C1FE7DF912" box="[419,442,1671,1696]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">vs</emphasis>
. the ovary covered with trichomes only in its apical portion). 
<taxonomicName id="4C474D7EFFC3FFD77C7445C0FA8FF912" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" baseAuthorityName="Wurdack" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[1148,1352,1670,1696]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="37" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nodosum">
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77C7445C0FA8FF912" box="[1148,1352,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma nodosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has a different distribution pattern. It occurs only in 
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(
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), on the Chapada dos Veadeiros (
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, 
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), Serra dos Pireneus (
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Versiane 
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), and Serra Dourada (
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).
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD778B545B4FE00F8BE" bold="true" box="[189,455,1778,1804]" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Chromosome Number</emphasis>
:―A chromosome number of 
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=18 was reported for this species as 
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. v 
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by 
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. We provide here a camera lucida drawing of a Telophase I meiotic figure for this species. Meiosis was regular in the several cells examined (
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). Chromosome numbers are now known for about 18 species of 
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,
</emphasis>
all of which have been reported to have 
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=18 (
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Gadella 
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. 1969
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, 
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, 
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Zhang 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77D7A4419FA62F8CA" box="[1394,1445,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">et al</emphasis>
. 2010
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, 
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). Two species, 
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(
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) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
</taxonomicName>
in 
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Guimarães 
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and 
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<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77A4D44E0FCFFF872" box="[581,824,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">Pleroma urvilleanum</emphasis>
(
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) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
</taxonomicName>
in 
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Guimarães 
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have 
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=27 (hexaploid) in addition to 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD77B79448DFCB8F856" box="[881,895,1995,2020]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">n</emphasis>
=18 (
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, 
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Zhang 
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) so tetraploid and hexaploid races occur in some species of the genus. Most of the species counted to date, however, are tetraploids (
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=18) based on 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFC3FFD779B74B55FE19F79E" box="[447,478,2067,2092]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="37">x=</emphasis>
9, a common base number in the greater 
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alliance that includes 
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(
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. The two latter genera have both diploid and tetraploid species based on 
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=9 (
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, 
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, Meyer 
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. 2018, 
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). Of the five broad patterns of chromosomal evolution now evident across the 
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Melastomataceae (
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)
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appears to fit the “interspecific constancy of paleopolyploid origin pattern” with 
<emphasis id="B933EAEFFFCCFFD87C70424AFB4AFE95" box="[1144,1165,268,295]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="38">x²</emphasis>
=18 and to a lesser extent the “interspecific polyploidy” pattern with consistently euploid number increases based on tetraploidy. Polyploidy is common in the tribe 
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but an overwhelming trend in the family is the prevalence of tetraploidy which appears to have conferred some advantage in the chromosomal evolution of 
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Melastomataceae (
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.
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