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<figureCitation id="98890B74AA58FACAE724D24E065E7DFB" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Figs 2E-I</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="EC246DC1B15BE153EABC42AC9480274A" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Vellozia mellosilvae. A. Habit. B. Leaf apex. C. Detail of the leaf abaxial surface. D. Flower in apical view. E. Flower in lateral view. F. Longitudinal section of the flower. G. Detail of pedicel emergences. H. Detail of the transition portion between filaments and anthers. Drawn by Laura Montserrat based on Mello-Silva 4347." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739513" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="85256E733B8AFC4CF9E0B51D5D723CA7" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Vellozia mellosilvae. A. Habitat of the species. B. Habit of the species. C. Frontal view of a flower. D. Lateral view of a flower and an immature fruit. E. Longitudinal section of a flower. F. Floral bud. G. Immature fruit. Photos by Renato Mello-Silva (A-E) and Andressa Cabral (F-G)." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739514" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">, 5</figureCitation>
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4347,
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,
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&amp;
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;
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.
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BRAZIL -
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• Itacambira, Estrada para Montes Claros; 9 Jan. 1986; fr.;
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; R [R000163051, R000163051a], SPF • Itacambira, Serra de Itacambira, a 45 km de Juramento;
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; 1200 m; 14 Feb. 1988; fr.;
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; NY [NY00898964], SPF • Itacambira, no alto da serra;
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,
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; 1200 m; 14 Feb. 1988; fr.;
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; NY [NY00898963], SPF.
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<paragraph id="CEC4AF777B358CA736BD4ED8AC87E603" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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resembles
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<emphasis id="97D54EADED8BE300B845238216410A32" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. armata</emphasis>
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by their tristichous phyllotaxis, violet perianth, and overlapping number of stamens, and dimensions of anther, style, and stigma. However,
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differs by the longer (1.6-4.2 cm vs 1.5 cm in
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<emphasis id="B9AC870C4AD9211F93BB88058A83D90D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. armata</emphasis>
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) and evident pedicel (vs completely hidden by the leaves in
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<emphasis id="379A4CEB81D56A5519DF800C7FDBC6B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. armata</emphasis>
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), larger petals and sepals (2.5-4.2
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0.9-1.2 cm vs 1.5-2.3
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0.5 cm in
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), leaf furrows (present vs absent/reduced in
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), and margin (serrate vs spinescent in
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).
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<paragraph id="2BBAC42FCC99505982D5E09EA8268110" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="E85704291A6EF1D1C580967D93529F23" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F341DCE800EB317BE85D77B86059F871" authorityName="Andr. Cabral, Magri &amp; J. C. Lopes" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vellozia mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="2D53786899E92306B94171C516B65D44" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="406A41F26252F8E9838F026BE79E3C9A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">A</emphasis>
. Habit.
<emphasis id="9307F1AC18B21EAB79A48860192CEBE5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">B</emphasis>
. Leaf apex.
<emphasis id="90453C10CC67DD8F01C3FAB48E9769FD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">C</emphasis>
. Detail of the leaf abaxial surface.
<emphasis id="5F41B3B7CC886C7CA8BF7AA5DBBD57FD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">D</emphasis>
. Flower in apical view.
<emphasis id="24A6B1D1811A4E05E1921D2358321FEE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">E</emphasis>
. Flower in lateral view.
<emphasis id="B8071DCB69BF1C59B89DA8902A1181A8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">F</emphasis>
. Longitudinal section of the flower.
<emphasis id="BE1FB076598D70CE252BC891B71FFE12" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">G</emphasis>
. Detail of pedicel emergences.
<emphasis id="B38218528FA137A3735E77C13B6CA870" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">H</emphasis>
. Detail of the transition portion between filaments and anthers. Drawn by Laura Montserrat based on
<emphasis id="9A809B1CE55680B99BECB98131FC69B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Mello-Silva 4347</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CE498ECFCC286665E25D202E91248E02" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="description">
<paragraph id="F49F4AA13EAEF3ABBDB0067399A088E3" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2697FEBA19370B65E295D48E1C9538BE" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
Caespitose herb. Stems 2.1-11.2 cm long. Leaves tristichous; leaf lamina 11.9-29
<normalizedToken id="706AF98202B5DB6F19756E2B5189FDA7" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.6-1.3 cm, linear-triangular, caudate, arcuate, involute at the base, sparsely serrate on margins and midrib of the abaxial side, abscission line absent, the old laminae marcescent and reflexed. Flowers 1-4; pedicel 1.6-4.3 cm long, sparsely covered with subulate emergences, light green to yellowish-green; hypanthium 5-6
<normalizedToken id="D696B2A3A2293EDBF2B90D0080A6C759" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3-4 mm, obovoid, densely covered with subulate emergences, light green to yellowish-green. Perianth violet on the adaxial side and light violet on the abaxial side; sepals 2.8-3.7
<normalizedToken id="499472543665B7D7B846B0F652DC047B" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.9-1.3 cm, widely-oblanceolate, abaxial face and margin sparsely covered with subulate emergences, adaxial smooth; petals 2.5-4.2
<normalizedToken id="6C1DCA4D38184386448EAC90EE7B4E44" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1-1.2 cm, obovate, midrib of the abaxial side sparsely covered with subulate emergences on apical and proximal region, adaxial smooth. Stamens 18-20, 3-5 grouped, appendages absent; filaments irregularly united at the bottom, light-violet; anthers 6-11 mm long, basifixed, yellow. Style 14.6-23 mm long, white; stigma 2.4-4 mm diam., trilobate-peltate, yellow. Capsule loculicidal, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, 8-18
<normalizedToken id="195F6E822A0734BBE88C0357EAA303AD" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
6-10 mm, ochre. Seeds not seen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="304237B087F1323B419A24A7A9FA96AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="leaf and pedicel anatomy">
<paragraph id="3635B0FC59A6C576EF091BAB0E29ABBD" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Leaf and pedicel anatomy.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="274B7FF50F7798FF354DD638E286D939" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
Blade dorsiventral (Fig.
<figureCitation id="201E8F1273242F1786165B91BA7CFD6B" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Abaxial furrows about one fifth thickness of blade (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4D0ED76D56C0BCAC999E22A7A353C314" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Cuticle slightly thickened on both surfaces (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E6D2C4D4E1ECF547CEBDD7AA42857595" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Adaxial epidermis 2-3-seriate, abaxial epidermis uniseriate (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9CE6B6DF79F029F4C9B6BABEDBA10854" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Stomata paracytic, confined to furrows (Fig.
<figureCitation id="205E9FDCE34C9EAE62E1A2B3EBE49C07" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2G</figureCitation>
). Cells elliptically clustered present on both surfaces (Fig.
<figureCitation id="88ED587AB4A21A2731A968E3D711B0DC" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2F-G</figureCitation>
). Aquiferous 1(-2)-seriate hypodermis present on adaxial surface, extending adaxially to the bundle sheaths as aquiferous parenchyma (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FD195D9794059BFB637745A0563760A9" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Palisade mesophyll 2-3 cell-layers thick (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5DFD53920113D59B19836EC5F666709C" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Fibro-vascular bundles surrounded by a unique bundle sheath, 1-3(-4) large vessels present in each fibro-vascular bundle (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B613D8F89F767A903BAC1C5DFA89C61F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Phloem strands 2, V-shaped (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D1D4E8870E96BCD689C5F17260DFCED3" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Bundles of sclerified cells 2-8 cells thick present on the adaxial epidermis, spaced each 1-7 epidermal cells (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B83A48CA5CA8526FB7FFA975A1D3B7EF" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2E</figureCitation>
). Blade borders with large and rounded fibro-vascular bundles, conduction tissues present. Pedicel rounded in transverse section, fibro-vascular bundles 13, belt of sclerified cells absent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B0714DCC0C6A317B8E5BD4D1FB22E556" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A-D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E-I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A - B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H - I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A-G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739511" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">2H-I</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="21347FAD7623C867564E619DBF95F52E" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DDAF8F1005D6D8015D00A77E30BEC0DD" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="62E85EB2799A3D8DF3D5B025DD7C38A7" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
<taxonomicName id="22C16BA1EC6E04F13E28354885220792" authorityName="Andr. Cabral, Magri &amp; J. C. Lopes" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vellozia mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="1FFFCF95CCA5EB24241E800B5D3AAB52" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the campo rupestre of Itacambira municipality, southern
<normalizedToken id="EFFD1A0AA0A14927F0D6ABB7BD14F237" originalValue="Espinhaço">Espinhaco</normalizedToken>
Range, Minas Gerais state, Brazil (Fig.
<figureCitation id="93CA5D057538AABE0D0C56273461B29E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Distribution of Vellozia albohexandra (star) and V. mellosilvae (dots) in the Espinhaco Range, Minas Gerais state, Brazil." figureDoi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739512" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">3</figureCitation>
). This species is found in rocky outcrops among shrubs in sandy soil and rock crevices at elevations from 1,200 to 1,280 m.
</paragraph>
<caption id="C50B3B0365E2D7F90717776C75CD7247" doi="10.5091/plecevo.94326.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/739514" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="798CA4E450E006D30392C01C2CAD3E7C" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
<emphasis id="DDFDE39623C0909531703E47A028F878" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8C002AED434DB26B783F85E21A951CE1" authorityName="Andr. Cabral, Magri &amp; J. C. Lopes" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vellozia mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="F0E605034AF3A6A1B2F2CA405AD2913B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="C9E51B08079B67E0955630C0308EBECB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">A</emphasis>
. Habitat of the species.
<emphasis id="BEF1649F31AFFEA2E8AE938D6691A76E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">B</emphasis>
. Habit of the species.
<emphasis id="6E4798D1DE10727790D6853AF9D0002E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">C</emphasis>
. Frontal view of a flower.
<emphasis id="9E1CD004BFA61E7A4E2CB0AE8A994FA1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">D</emphasis>
. Lateral view of a flower and an immature fruit.
<emphasis id="9B5AF9E112853FE28499AC3C83939145" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">E</emphasis>
. Longitudinal section of a flower.
<emphasis id="F95FB94649FECABFD28F6662D12C857B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">F</emphasis>
. Floral bud.
<emphasis id="5D72A2C3575EE98EF766CCE80F11AE4D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">G</emphasis>
. Immature fruit. Photos by Renato Mello-Silva (A-E) and Andressa Cabral (F-G).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5A1491D49574AAA803CC24C49F745B43" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="156A4F700E31EEEDBA2B335C1D137AA9" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D546D2A161080537182F0C15FE4082F8" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Flowering in December and fruiting from January to February.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="92A7FA2709DB7E5B3DDA0F410C5EAB63" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="65AEBC742999ADE449CC69DD8897D6AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F25071703AE3FBC04DAE2FB973B607AC" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
The epithet is named after Renato Mello-Silva (1961-2020), the greatest authority in the systematics of Brazilian
<taxonomicName id="FD6407DB4E52A38030E2FBEC746EF364" authorityName="Vandelli" authorityYear="1788" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Velloziaceae</taxonomicName>
and who also collected the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="D9ED3B362E3C3C1B872135C002CC1F70" authorityName="Andr. Cabral, Magri &amp; J. C. Lopes" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vellozia mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="A443B5BB72F47A65C23A3A4562638F88" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A3043653C83C1CFC5F2B7270D49B4D63" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" type="preliminary iucn conservation assessment">
<paragraph id="D24DF4725FD70E5B8E0E5594C68C0434" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Preliminary IUCN Conservation assessment.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9ECB26DF71478A50AF6ECCCE245F9976" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">
<taxonomicName id="573BCB38D05C8F687BA4E8986E58970F" authorityName="Andr. Cabral, Magri &amp; J. C. Lopes" authorityYear="2022" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vellozia mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="86FBB406459DD8B01732EB059DB63BD9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to the municipality of Itacambira and has an area of occupancy of 12 km² and extent of occurrence of approximately 11 km². Although it occurs in large populations,
<taxonomicName id="C9994043A7CC7BA9B182BD608708191C" class="Liliopsida" family="Velloziaceae" genus="Vellozia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="V. mellosilvae" order="Pandanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mellosilvae">
<emphasis id="4B5E898438A5EBB2DD2114063310FF2B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. mellosilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not protected by conservation units. Besides that, the campo rupestre is a sensitive ecosystem to threats such as mining and livestock farming (
<bibRefCitation id="2E00D4D353BD708D7185C34B1822614E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400029" author="Ribeiro, KT" journalOrPublisher="Biota Neotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="239 - 246" refId="B27" refString="Ribeiro, KT, Freitas, L, 2010. Impactos potenciais das alteracoes no Codigo Florestal sobre a vegetacao de campos rupestres e campos de altitude. Biota Neotropica 10 (4): 239 - 246, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400029" title="Impactos potenciais das alteracoes no Codigo Florestal sobre a vegetacao de campos rupestres e campos de altitude." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400029" volume="10" year="2010">Ribeiro and Freitas 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Therefore,
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<emphasis id="2E8073A1BAEE1051EC68A57724662D45" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. mellosilvae</emphasis>
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is considered Critically Endangered: CR B1abiii.
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<paragraph id="96BB0CC5776FC2382BFBE9008878B601" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Notes.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="01DC436EE054B2D13C51B1C0EE7EACD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia mellosilvae</emphasis>
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morphotype was already described under
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<emphasis id="10BF379D156B2DE7BF520E892A85345C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">Vellozia luteola</emphasis>
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in
<bibRefCitation id="96479CEAAEF47552044F1A8AA031C463" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33061987000300019" author="Mello-Silva, R" journalOrPublisher="Acta Botanica Brasilica" pageId="0" pageNumber="343" pagination="195 - 207" refId="B20" refString="Mello-Silva, R, Menezes, NL, 1988. Duas especies novas de Velloziaceae de Minas Gerais. Acta Botanica Brasilica 1 (2): 195 - 207, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33061987000300019" title="Duas especies novas de Velloziaceae de Minas Gerais." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-33061987000300019" volume="1" year="1988">Mello-Silva and Menezes (1988)</bibRefCitation>
based on vegetative characters and fruit morphology. However, the author observed conspicuous differences in the leaf anatomy between populations from the type-location of
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<emphasis id="606646C2E835C039C7DC31B0025D5820" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
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and from Itacambira (i.e. presence/absence of bulliform cells and abaxial furrows). After analysing a recent collection of a flowering individual, we recognized the population of Itacambira as a distinct species. In addition to the characters highlighted by Mello-Silva (1988),
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<emphasis id="D70F3C5136B1E5CD4A1EFE83B9E37D74" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. mellosilvae</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="06359915B2CD7B1B356FE926296F6312" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
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by the violet perianth (vs yellow in
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<emphasis id="C02451E93E171BABC7637453E630C372" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
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), sepal and petal dimensions (2.5-4.2 cm
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9-12.7 mm vs 1.5-2.5 cm
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4-7 mm in
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<emphasis id="192ACE0E50D3EE27BAA207DF176CE5CB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
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) and presence and distribution of emergences on their abaxial surface, 18-20 stamens (vs 15 in
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<emphasis id="D4DFEBB3B15891ADFED07B5C0984CE87" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), anthers length (6-11 mm vs 4-7 mm in
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<emphasis id="406F6D72E0681C21AD7B99BCC5E990AE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
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), and stigma diameter (2.4-4 mm vs ca 6 mm in
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<emphasis id="F9E550D6BA8AA97DBC011DF23015405F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="343">V. luteola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Table
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).
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