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Meyer 
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—Shrubs with sympodial growth, moderately branched, 
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tall. Younger branches quadrangular, slightly winged, moderately setulose, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, eglandular or glandular (often mixed), curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, not immersed, not forked; the older branches quadrangular, strongly winged, setulose as the younger branches, frequently decorticating; nodes thickened. Leaves opposite; petioles 
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long; blades 8.8–15.5 × 
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, chartaceous, slightly discolorous, ovate, base cordate, apex acute, margins entire, slightly crenulate, 7(–9) acrodromous veins, basal, if 9 veins the submarginal pair tenuous, domatia absent, reticulation conspicuous on the abaxial surface; adaxial surface flat, dark green in dry specimens, green in fresh specimens, with moderately to densely sericeous-setose trichomes 
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long, dendritic, eglandular, curved, the base slightly enlarged to enlarged, not immersed, not forked, without a sequence of white dots, abaxial surface flat, light brown in dry specimens, light green in fresh specimens, moderately villose on the surface, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, eglandular, coiled, the base linear, not immersed, not forked, moderately setose on the veins, trichomes 
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long on the central veins, and 
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long on the lateral veins, unbranched, eglandular, curved, the base slightly enlarged, not immersed, not forked. Thyrsoids 27–40.5 × 
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, terminal, with 30–100 flowers, axis angulose to slightly winged, moderately setulose, 
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long, unbranched, glandular or eglandular (often mixed), curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, not immersed, not forked; bracts in pairs, the color similar to the leaves, early deciduous, leafy, petioles 
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long, blades 2.6–4.8 × 
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, ovate to elliptic, base cordate, apex acute, flat, indumentum the same as on the leaves; bracteoles 2, light brown in dry specimens, reddish in fresh specimens, early deciduous, 3.8–6.7 × 
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, lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acute and not covering the apex of the flower bud, slightly concave, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface moderately setulose, the trichomes bigger on the central portion, 
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long, and smaller near the margins, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, eglandular, curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, not immersed, not forked. Flowers 5-merous, ca. 
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diam., on pedicels 
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long; hypanthium 3.4–4.2 × 
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, not costate, green to reddish green in fresh material, brown in dry specimens (adaxial surface), the apex not constricted, moderately setulose, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, glandular, curved, the base slightly enlarged, not immersed, not forked; sepals early deciduous, 3.2–3.9 × 
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, deltoid, flat in fresh material, green to reddish-green in fresh material, brown in dry specimens, margins ciliate, apex acute, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface with the same indumentum as the hypanthium, with longer trichomes concentrated on the central portion of each sepal; petals 1.1–1.6 × 
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, obovate, apex obcordate to emarginate, purple with a white base (during anthesis) or purple with a red base (in senescent flowers), glabrous in both surfaces, margin ciliate, moderately to sparsely pilose, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, eglandular or glandular (often mixed), erect, the base linear, not immersed, not forked; stamens 10, strongly dimorphic, the antesepalous sterile, with the filaments white (during anthesis) to reddish (in senescent flowers), 
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long, narrow at the base, moderately pilose in its lower 1/2 or 2/3, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, glandular, erect to curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, pedoconnective white (during anthesis) to reddish (in senescent flowers), 
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prolonged below the thecae, moderately setulose, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, glandular, erect to curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, ventral appendages bilobed, white (during anthesis) and reddish (in senescent flowers), patent, apex obtuse, ca. 
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long, indumentum the same as on the pedoconnective, thecae white (during anthesis) to light brown (in senescent flowers), 2.5–2.8 × ca. 
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, filiform, very narrow, always lacking pollen grains, the antepetalous fertile, with filaments white (during anthesis) to reddish (in senescent flowers), 
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long, thickened at the base, moderately pilose in its lower 1/2, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, glandular, erect to curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, pedoconnective white (during anthesis) to reddish (in senescent flowers), 
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long, prolonged below the thecae, sparsely setulose, trichomes ca. 
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long, unbranched, glandular, erect to curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged, ventral appendages bilobed white (during anthesis) and reddish (in senescent flowers), patent, apex obtuse, ca. 
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long, indumentum the same as on the pedoconnective, thecae white (during anthesis) to light brown (in senescent flowers), 3–3.4 × ca. 
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, widely and shortly falcate, thickened, filled with abundant pollen grains; ovary 3.6–3.8 × 
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, 5-locular, apex densely sericeous, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, eglandular or glandular (often mixed), erect, the base linear, not immersed, not forked; style whitish (during anthesis) to reddish (in senescent flowers), 5.2–5.8–mm long, apex curved, moderately setulose in its lower 2/3, trichomes ca. 
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long, eglandular (seldom mixed with glandular ones), curved, the base linear to slightly enlarged. Capsular fruits 6.5–7.7 × 
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, globose, sepals lacking, epicarp undivided when mature, costate. Seeds ca. 0.7 × 
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, cochleate.
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, 
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, 
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(fr.), 
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<collectorName id="269353448B77FF993FD859FCEF56EFD5" box="[1234,1382,1923,1949]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">F.M. Arantes</collectorName>
et al. 353
</emphasis>
(
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!)
</materialsCitation>
; 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B77FF993A0159D9EB67EF88" box="[267,343,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
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, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE5250558B77FF99391659D9E891EF88" box="[540,673,1958,1984]" degrees="19" direction="south" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" precision="15" seconds="19" value="-19.18861">19°11’19”S</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE5250558B77FF9939A459D9E900EF88" box="[686,816,1958,1984]" degrees="40" direction="west" minutes="47" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" precision="15" seconds="0" value="-40.783333">40°47’0”W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<date id="FFD810528B77FF99383659D9EE26EF88" box="[828,1046,1958,1984]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" value="2021-11-22">
<collectingDate id="EF9CE9BA8B77FF99383659D9EE26EF88" box="[828,1046,1958,1984]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" value="2021-11-22">22 November 2021</collectingDate>
</date>
(fl.), 
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<collectorName id="269353448B77FF993F5D59D8EED8EF89" box="[1111,1256,1959,1985]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">F.M. Arantes</collectorName>
et al. 217
</emphasis>
(
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!)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="3B0E3CCF8B77FF993B8259B5E843EFAC" box="[136,627,1994,2021]" collectingDate="2021-11-22" collectionCode="RB" collectorName="F. M. Arantes" country="Brazil" latitude="-19.18861" location="Pedra do Vidal" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-40.783333" municipality="Pancas" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Espirito Santo">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B77FF993B8259B5EAE4EFAC" box="[136,212,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">ibidem</emphasis>
, (fr.), 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B77FF993A1559B4E817EFAC" box="[287,551,1994,2021]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">
<collectorName id="269353448B77FF993A1559B4EB81EFAD" box="[287,433,1995,2021]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">F.M. Arantes</collectorName>
et al. 221
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED77AE578B77FF99393359B5E856EFAC" box="[569,614,1994,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">RB</collectionCode>
!)
</materialsCitation>
; 
<materialsCitation id="3B0E3CCF8B77FF99398B59B5E916E040" collectingDate="2022-05-31" collectionCode="RB" collectorName="F. M. Arantes &amp; M. M. G. Resende" country="Brazil" latitude="-19.181665" location="Sitio do Max" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-40.82972" municipality="Pancas" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Espirito Santo" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B77FF99398B59B5E8FDEFAC" box="[641,717,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
<location id="8EB960498B77FF9939D759B5E946EFAD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CF87848B76FF953B8258F9E9A5E040:8EB960498B77FF9939D759B5E946EFAD" box="[733,886,1994,2021]" country="Brazil" latitude="-19.181665" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-40.82972" name="Sitio do Max" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">Sítio do Max</location>
, 
<location id="8EB960498B77FF99388959B5EE61EFAC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CF87848B76FF953B8258F9E9A5E040:8EB960498B77FF99388959B5EE61EFAC" box="[899,1105,1994,2020]" country="Brazil" latitude="-19.181665" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="-40.82972" name="Paredao Figueiras" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">Paredão Figueiras</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE5250558B77FF993F5459B5EED5EFAD" box="[1118,1253,1994,2021]" degrees="19" direction="south" minutes="10" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" precision="15" seconds="54" value="-19.181665">19°10’54”S</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE5250558B77FF993FF959B5EFB2EFAC" box="[1267,1410,1994,2020]" degrees="40" direction="west" minutes="49" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" precision="15" seconds="47" value="-40.82972">40°49’47”W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<date id="FFD810528B77FF993E8559B5EACAE040" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" value="2022-05-31">
<collectingDate id="EF9CE9BA8B77FF993E8559B5EACAE040" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" value="2022-05-31">31 May 2022</collectingDate>
</date>
(fr.), 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B77FF993A305990E8ECE040" box="[314,732,2030,2057]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">
<collectorName id="269353448B77FF993A305990EBFAE041" box="[314,458,2031,2057]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">F.M. Arantes</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName id="269353448B77FF993AE45990E89AE040" box="[494,682,2030,2057]" pageId="7" pageNumber="216">M.M.G. Resende</collectorName>
408
</emphasis>
(
<collectionCode id="ED77AE578B77FF9939E65991E92AE040" box="[748,794,2030,2056]" country="Brazil" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15528" name="Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro" pageId="7" pageNumber="216" type="Herbarium">RB</collectionCode>
!)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936928B78FF963BB75EE2E8FDE96C" blockId="8.[136,1452,157,292]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B78FF963BB75EE2EBDDE8FF" bold="true" box="[189,493,157,184]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">Distribuition and habitat</emphasis>
:— 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B78FF96391A5EE1E8C1E8F0" box="[528,753,158,184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="217" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semisterile">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B78FF96391A5EE1E8C1E8F0" box="[528,753,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in scrubs associated with granitic inselbergs amidst a matrix of semideciduous seasonal forest (&quot;floresta estacional semidecidual&quot; according to the classification by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B78FF963E605EBDEAF4E948" author="IBGE &amp; Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia" pageId="8" pageNumber="217" refId="ref11229" refString="IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (2012) Manual Tecnico da Vegetacao Brasileira, nº 1, 2 ª Ed. IBGE, Rio de Janeiro, 271 pp." type="book" year="2012">IBGE 2012</bibRefCitation>
), and montane atlantic rain forest (&quot;floresta ombrófila densa&quot;), being known exclusively from the &quot;Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas&quot; (MNPC; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A178B78FF9639555F75E88FE96C" box="[607,703,266,292]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="10.[136,229,1314,1336]" captionTargetBox="[301,1306,203,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-23@10.[268,1319,190,1290]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 6. Distribution map of Pleroma semisterile. Abbreviations: MG: Minas Gerais; ES: Espírito Santo." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13212996" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13212996/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">Figure 6</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD936928B78FF963B8258C7E8B2EF71" blockId="8.[136,1452,1720,1850]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B78FF963B8258C7EACDEE85" bold="true" box="[136,253,1720,1742]" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Photos of living specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B78FF96392A58C7E8EFEE85" box="[544,735,1720,1741]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="217" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semisterile">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B78FF96392A58C7E8EFEE85" box="[544,735,1720,1741]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="217">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A. Habitat and live specimens with flowering branches. B. Leaves, adaxial surface. C. Angulose to slightly winged inflorescence axis. D. Inflorescence. E. Flower in lateral view. F. Detail of the androecium and gynoecium. G. The place of occurrence of the species, in vegetation associated with granitic inselbergs at Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas. [All Photos by Fabíula Moreno Arantes].
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BD936928B79FF973B82585FE83EEEEA" blockId="9.[136,1453,1568,1698]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B79FF973B82585FEAC7EE7E" bold="true" box="[136,247,1568,1590]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Plate with photos from herbarium specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B79FF9739C6585FE9BCEE7D" box="[716,908,1568,1589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the holotype and isotypes. A. Branch. B. Detail of the winged branch. C. Detail of the indumentum on the adaxial surface of the leaf. D. Detail of the indumentum on the abaxial surface of the leaf. E. Bracteole (abaxial surface). F. Floral bud. G. Antesepalous, sterile stamen. H. Antepetalous, fertile stamen. I. Gynoecium. J. Mature fruit. [A-J: 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B79FF973A5F58F2E830EEEA" box="[341,512,1676,1698]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Arantes et al. 104</emphasis>
].
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD936928B79FF973BB758AEEBA9EF47" blockId="9.[136,1452,1745,1987]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B79FF973BB758AEEB09EEA3" bold="true" box="[189,313,1745,1771]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Phenology</emphasis>
:—Collected with flowers between September and November, and in January. Collected with fruits from November to May.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936928B79FF973BB75966E9F6EF8B" blockId="9.[136,1452,1745,1987]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B79FF973BB75966EB9BEF7B" bold="true" box="[189,427,1817,1843]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Conservation status</emphasis>
:—The species is known from only 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD1B8B79FF9738485966E9D2EF7B" box="[834,994,1817,1843]" count="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="218" type="generic">six specimens</specimenCount>
, collected in the municipality of Pancas, state of 
<collectingRegion id="49A2F8708B79FF973BD75942EB4DEF1F" box="[221,381,1853,1879]" country="Brazil" name="Espirito Santo" pageId="9" pageNumber="218">Espírito Santo</collectingRegion>
, from which five were inside the MNPC, a full protection unit (
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). Its Extent of Occurrence (EOO) is about 
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and its Area of Occupancy (AOO) is about 20.000 Km 
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. These values support a Critically Endangered [CR: B1a] conservation status according to criterion B of 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B79FF9738B359FAEE65EFD7" author="IUCN &amp; International Union &amp; Conservation of Nature" box="[953,1109,1925,1951]" pageId="9" pageNumber="218" refId="ref11262" refString="IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature (2022) Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, version 15. Prepared by the Standards and Petitions Committee. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / resources / redlistguidelines (accessed 17 January 2023)." type="url" year="2022">IUCN (2022)</bibRefCitation>
. An aggravating factor for its conservation is that its populations are known from only a single location.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD936928B7AFF943B825B5DEEAFED7F" blockId="10.[136,1183,1314,1336]" box="[136,1183,1314,1336]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943B825B5DEACDED7F" bold="true" box="[136,253,1314,1336]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Distribution map of 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943ACD5B5DE8B6ED7F" box="[455,646,1314,1335]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Abbreviations: MG: Minas Gerais; ES: Espírito Santo.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C37C65198B7AFF953BB75B19E9A5E040" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD936928B7AFF943BB75B19E9E1ED80" blockId="10.[136,1452,1382,2093]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943BB75B19EB0EEDC8" bold="true" box="[189,318,1382,1408]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Etymology</emphasis>
:—The epithet 
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“ 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943AF65B19E845EDC8" box="[508,629,1382,1408]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” refers to the pollen-empty anthers in the antesepalous stamen whorl, contrasting with the fully fertile, pollen-filled anthers in the antepetalous whorl. These five sterile plus five fertile anthers make the androecium half-sterile and give the name to this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936928B7AFF953BB75BADE976E9D9" blockId="10.[136,1452,1382,2093]" lastBlockId="11.[136,1452,158,2057]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="220" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943BB75BADEB30EDA4" bold="true" box="[189,256,1490,1516]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Notes</emphasis>
:—The most noteworthy character in this species, and which dragged our attention to it, is the half-sterile androecium mentioned right above. In order to confirm that, we checked antesepalous and antepetalous anthers from two flower buds, both removed from the 
<typeStatus id="54DD88308B7AFF9439695865E8F9EE7C" box="[611,713,1562,1588]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. We macerated these anthers on histological slides, stained them with acetocarmine (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943A6E5841EBC4EE11" author="Martin, F. W." box="[356,500,1598,1625]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="125 - 128" refId="ref11442" refString="Martin, F. W. (1959) Staining and observing pollen tubes in the style by means of fluorescence. Stain Technology 34: 125 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.3109 / 10520295909114663" type="journal article" year="1959">Martin 1959</bibRefCitation>
, 
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), and observed them under an optical microscope. We found no pollen at all in the antesepalous anthers, while there was a very abundant load in the antepetalous anthers. This means that the antesepalous stamens are staminoidal, despite being perfectly formed, with distinct filaments, connectives (and respective glandular trichomes), and anthers. Flowers with only one fertile stamen whorl are diagnostic for few genera in Neotropical 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF94395958B1E925EEA0" box="[595,789,1742,1768]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Melastomataceae</taxonomicName>
such as 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF94387E58B1EEE0EEA0" authority="(Gleason 1929: 98)" baseAuthorityName="Gleason" baseAuthorityPageNumber="98" baseAuthorityYear="1929" box="[884,1232,1742,1768]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Allomaieta" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF94387E58B1E9DFEEA0" box="[884,1007,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Allomaieta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF9438F758B1EEF7EEA0" author="Gleason, H. A." box="[1021,1223,1742,1768]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="97 - 112" refId="ref10521" refString="Gleason, H. A. (1929) Studies on the flora of northern South America-XII. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 56: 97 - 112. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2480434" type="journal article" year="1929">Gleason 1929: 98</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943FD158B1EF68EEA0" box="[1243,1368,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Alloneuron</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943E6D58B1EACCEF45" author="Pilger, R." pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="100 - 191" refId="ref12234" refString="Pilger, R. (1905) Beitrage zur flora der Hylaea nach den Sammlungen von E. Ule. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg und die angrenzenden Lander 47: 100 - 191." type="journal article" year="1905">Pilger 1905: 185</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943A1A588DE8AEEF44" authority="Michelangeli &amp; Ulloa" authorityName="Michelangeli &amp; Ulloa" box="[272,670,1778,1804]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Quipuanthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943A1A588DEB91EF44" box="[272,417,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Quipuanthus</emphasis>
Michelangeli &amp; Ulloa
</taxonomicName>
(in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF9439C1588DEE29EF45" author="Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Ulloa, C. U. &amp; Sosa, K." box="[715,1049,1778,1805]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="533 - 540" refId="ref11901" refString="Michelangeli, F. A., Ulloa, C. U. &amp; Sosa, K. (2014) Quipuanthus, a New Genus of Melastomataceae from the Foothills of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru. Systematic Botany 39: 533 - 540. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 554.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">
Michelangeli 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF94386C588CE9AEEF44" box="[870,926,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al.</emphasis>
2014: 533
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943F27588DEF97EF44" authority="Wallnofer (1996: 461" authorityName="Wallnofer" authorityYear="1996" box="[1069,1447,1778,1804]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Wurdastom" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943F27588DEE9CEF44" box="[1069,1196,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Wurdastom</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943FB9588DEF97EF44" author="Wallnofer, B." box="[1203,1447,1778,1804]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="447 - 462" refId="ref13010" refString="Wallnofer, B. (1996) A revision of the genus Alloneuron Pilg. and segregation of Wurdastom gen. n. (Melastomataceae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 98 B: 447 - 462." type="journal article" year="1996">Wallnöfer (1996: 461</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; all in tribe 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943A0D5969EB92EF78" box="[263,418,1814,1840]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="tribe" tribe="Cyphostyleae">Cyphostyleae</taxonomicName>
, see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943AD65969E8C7EF78" author="Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Murillo-Serna, J. S. &amp; Mendoza-Cifuentes, H." box="[476,759,1814,1841]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="307 - 319" refId="ref11960" refString="Michelangeli, F. A., Murillo-Serna, J. S. &amp; Mendoza-Cifuentes, H. (2022) The Cyphostyleae, a Small Tribe Rich in Rare Characters in the Family. In: Goldenberg, R., Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Almeda, F. (Eds.) Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Springer, Cham, pp. 307 - 319. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 030 - 99742 - 7 _ 14" type="book chapter" year="2022">
Michelangeli 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF9439735968E89CEF78" box="[633,684,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al</emphasis>
. 2022
</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF9438065969EEE6EF78" authority="De Candolle (1828: 106" authorityName="De Candolle" authorityYear="1828" box="[780,1238,1814,1841]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Rhynchanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF9438065969E987EF78" box="[780,951,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Rhynchanthera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF9438CA5968EEE6EF78" author="De Candolle, A. P." box="[960,1238,1814,1841]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref10168" refString="De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Melastomaceae. In: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 3. Tretttel et Wurtz, Paris, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">De Candolle (1828: 106</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943E1A5968EF93EF78" author="Renner, S. S." box="[1296,1443,1814,1841]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="601 - 630" refId="ref12370" refString="Renner, S. S. (1990) A revision of Rhynchanthera (Melastomataceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 9: 601 - 630. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1756 - 1051.1990. tb 00551. x" type="journal article" year="1990">Renner 1990</bibRefCitation>
) and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943BBD5945E852EF1C" authority="Almeda &amp; Michelangeli" authorityName="Almeda &amp; Michelangeli" box="[183,610,1850,1876]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Brasilianthus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943BBD5945EB7EEF1C" box="[183,334,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Brasilianthus</emphasis>
Almeda &amp; Michelangeli
</taxonomicName>
(in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF9439865945E9A9EF1C" author="Almeda, F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Viana, P. L." box="[652,921,1850,1877]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="269 - 282" refId="ref9610" refString="Almeda, F., Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Viana, P. L. (2016) Brasilianthus (Melastomataceae), a new monotypic genus endemic to ironstone outcrops in the Brazilian Amazon. Phytotaxa 273: 269 - 282. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 273.4.3" type="journal article" year="2016">
Almeda 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF9439E05944E92BEF1C" box="[746,795,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al</emphasis>
. 2016: 272
</bibRefCitation>
) and present in a few species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943FF55945EB3FEF30" authority="Browne (1756: 323)" authorityName="Browne" authorityPageNumber="323" authorityYear="1756" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Blakea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943FF55945EF7DEF1C" box="[1279,1357,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Blakea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943E595944EB3FEF30" author="Browne, P." pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref9842" refString="Browne, P. (1756) The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica: In Three Parts. Printed by the author, London, Greater London, 503 pp." type="book" year="1756">Browne (1756: 323)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943A165921E8DEEF30" authority="De Candolle (1828: 110)" authorityName="De Candolle" authorityPageNumber="110" authorityYear="1828" box="[284,750,1886,1913]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Cambessedesia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943A165921EBF9EF30" box="[284,457,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Cambessedesia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943ADB5920E8DEEF30" author="De Candolle, A. P." box="[465,750,1886,1913]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref10168" refString="De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Melastomaceae. In: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 3. Tretttel et Wurtz, Paris, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">De Candolle (1828: 110)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF9439F15920EEB3EF30" authority="Ruiz &amp; Pavon (1794: 60)" authorityName="Ruiz &amp; Pavon" authorityPageNumber="60" authorityYear="1794" box="[763,1155,1886,1912]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Miconia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF9439F15920E968EF30" box="[763,856,1887,1912]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Miconia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF94386B5921EEB3EF30" author="Ruiz, H. &amp; Pavon, J." box="[865,1155,1886,1912]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref12593" refString="Ruiz, H. &amp; Pavon, J. (1794) Florae peruvianae, et chilensis prodromus. Impenta de Sancha, Madrid, 456 pp." type="book" year="1794">Ruiz &amp; Pavón (1794: 60)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943F9B5921EA8EEFD4" authority="D. Don (1823: 301)" authorityName="D. Don" authorityPageNumber="301" authorityYear="1823" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943F9B5921EF36EF30" box="[1169,1286,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Microlicia</emphasis>
D. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943E2C5920EA8EEFD4" author="Don, D." pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="276 - 329" refId="ref10304" refString="Don, D. (1823) An Illustration of the natural family of plants called Melastomaceae. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 4: 276 - 329." type="journal article" year="1823">Don (1823: 301)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943BC059FDE8BFEFD5" authority="De Candolle (1828: 135)" authorityName="De Candolle" authorityPageNumber="135" authorityYear="1828" box="[202,655,1922,1949]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Monochaetum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943BC059FDEB5AEFD4" box="[202,362,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Monochaetum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943A7959FCE8BFEFD5" author="De Candolle, A. P." box="[371,655,1922,1949]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref10168" refString="De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Melastomaceae. In: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 3. Tretttel et Wurtz, Paris, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">De Candolle (1828: 135)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF94399659FDEE19EFD4" authority="Bongard (1838: 137)" authorityName="Bongard" authorityPageNumber="137" authorityYear="1838" box="[668,1065,1922,1948]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Poteranthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF94399659FDE901EFD4" box="[668,817,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Poteranthera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF94383359FDEE19EFD4" author="Bongard, A. G." box="[825,1065,1922,1948]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="137 - 142" refId="ref9769" refString="Bongard, A. G. (1838) Genera duo Melastomacearum ordine nova. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg. Sixieme Serie. Sciences Mathematiques, Physiques et Naturelles. Seconde Partie: Sciences Naturelles 4 (2): 137 - 142." type="journal article" year="1838">Bongard (1838: 137)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943F6F59FDEF97EFD4" authority="Pohl 1827: 102" authorityName="Pohl" authorityPageNumber="102" authorityYear="1827" box="[1125,1447,1922,1948]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Siphanthera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943F6F59FDEEDEEFD4" box="[1125,1262,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Siphanthera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943FFC59FDEF97EFD4" author="Pohl, J. B. E." box="[1270,1447,1922,1948]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" refId="ref12271" refString="Pohl, J. B. E. (1827) Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae: iussu et auspiciis Francisci Primi, imperatoris et regis augustissimi. Antonii Strauss, Wien, 152 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 451" type="book" year="1827">Pohl 1827: 102</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943BB959D9EB5BEF88" author="Judd, W. S. &amp; Majure, L. C. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Goldenberg, R. &amp; Almeda, F. &amp; Penneys, D. S. &amp; Stone, R. D." box="[179,363,1958,1985]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="45 - 85" refId="ref11317" refString="Judd, W. S., Majure, L. C., Michelangeli, F. A., Goldenberg, R., Almeda, F., Penneys, D. S. &amp; Stone, R. D. (2022) Morphological variability within the Melastomataceae (Myrtales), including a discussion of the associated terminology. In: Goldenberg, R., Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Almeda, F. (Eds.) Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae. Springer, Cham, pp. 45 - 85. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 030 - 99742 - 7 _ 3" type="book chapter" year="2022">
Judd 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943BE559D8EB10EF88" box="[239,288,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al</emphasis>
. 2022
</bibRefCitation>
). The only species with a single fertile stamen whorl recorded in the tribe 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943FA259D9EF62EF88" box="[1192,1362,1958,1984]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="tribe" tribe="Melastomateae">Melastomateae</taxonomicName>
are two 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF943B8259B5E8FFEFAC" authority="(De Candolle 1828: 40) Miquel (1840: 72" authorityName="Miquel" authorityYear="1828" baseAuthorityName="De Candolle" baseAuthorityPageNumber="40" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[136,719,1994,2020]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pterolepis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943B8259B5EACAEFAC" box="[136,250,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Pterolepis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943A0259B5EBCEEFAC" author="De Candolle, A. P." box="[264,510,1994,2020]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref10168" refString="De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Melastomaceae. In: Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 3. Tretttel et Wurtz, Paris, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">De Candolle 1828: 40</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF94390159B5E8FFEFAC" author="Miquel, F. A. W." box="[523,719,1994,2020]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="31 - 92" refId="ref12056" refString="Miquel, F. A. W. (1840) Observationes de quisbudam Melastomaceis; I de Melastomate malabathrico et Osbeckia Royen. In: Miquel, F. A. W. (Ed.) Commentarii Phytographici, quibus varia rei herbariae capita illustrantur. Lugduni Batavorum apud S. et J. Luchtmans, Leiden, pp. 31 - 92." type="book chapter" year="1840">Miquel (1840: 72</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF94380B59B5EE23EFAD" author="Almeda, F. &amp; Martins, A. B." box="[769,1043,1994,2021]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="233 - 238" refId="ref9562" refString="Almeda, F. &amp; Martins, A. B. (2015) Pterolepis haplostemona (Melastomataceae): a new serpentine endemic from Goias, Brazil. Phytotaxa 201: 233 - 238. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 201.3.8" type="journal article" year="2015">Almeda &amp; Martins 2015</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B638B7AFF943F1659B5EF2CEFAC" author="Goldenberg, R. &amp; Jesus, J. C. &amp; Roque, N. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A." box="[1052,1308,1994,2021]" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" pagination="300 - 306" refId="ref10727" refString="Goldenberg, R., Jesus, J. C., Roque, N. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. (2023) Pterolepis xaxa (Melastomateae, Melastomataceae), a new, haplostemonous species from Bahia, Brazil. Brittonia 75: 300 - 306. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12228 - 023 - 09747 - x" type="journal article" year="2023">
Goldenberg 
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF943FAC59B4EEE6EFAC" box="[1190,1238,1994,2020]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">et al</emphasis>
. 2023
</bibRefCitation>
) and, at least to our knowledge, this has not been reported to 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7AFF9439AA5991E8CFE040" authorityName="D. Don" authorityYear="1823" box="[672,767,2030,2056]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="10" pageNumber="219" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7AFF9439AA5991E8CFE040" box="[672,767,2030,2056]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="219">Pleroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
before. Being this rare, this character seems to have evolved multiple times in the family, but with two points in common among all these taxa: the sterile or absent anthers usually belong to the antepetalous whorl, and the sterile stamens are always shorter than the fertile ones; sterile stamens longer than the fertile, and also the sterile ones as part of the antesepalous whorl, such as the ones found in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF953E045EBCEF94E894" box="[1294,1444,194,220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semisterile">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E045EBCEF94E894" box="[1294,1444,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, are unknown to us (RG and 
<collectingCountry id="F37176028B7BFF953ACD5E99E832E948" box="[455,514,230,256]" name="Micronesia" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">FSM</collectingCountry>
, pers. obs.). Finally, when comparing the samples from this new species with other similar species (see discussion below), we were surprised by the fact that 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF9538CB5F74EE0EE96C" box="[961,1086,266,292]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="fontanae">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9538CB5F74EE0EE96C" box="[961,1086,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF953F7F5F74EF00E96C" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; R. Goldenb." baseAuthorityName="Brade" baseAuthorityYear="1938" box="[1141,1328,266,292]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="magdalenense">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953F7F5F74EF00E96C" box="[1141,1328,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. magdalenense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share with it the same very narrow anthers in the antesepalous stamens. We were not able to check whether the anthers in these species really lack pollen, as they do in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF9539345F2CE8E1E924" box="[574,721,338,364]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semisterile">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539345F2CE8E1E924" box="[574,721,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it seems that this particular type of haplostemony with sterile antesepalous stamens may occur in other species in this group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936928B7BFF953BB75FE5EB5DEB09" blockId="11.[136,1452,158,2057]" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF953BB75FE5EBACE9FC" box="[189,412,410,436]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="semisterile">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953BB75FE5EBACE9FC" box="[189,412,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically related to 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D118B7BFF9539ED5FE4E953E9FC" box="[743,867,410,436]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="11" pageNumber="220" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="fontanae">
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539ED5FE4E953E9FC" box="[743,867,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
due to the shrubby habit, branches with conspicuous wings and thick nodes, ovate leaves with a cordate base, 7–9 acrodromous veins, and the adaxial surface sericeous and covered with dendritic trichomes. They also share the elliptic or lanceolate bracteoles, 5-merous, small flowers ca. 
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diam., a setulose hypanthium covered by glandular trichomes, purple petals with a white base during anthesis, filaments and style covered by glandular trichomes, and a short style (
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long in 
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, and 
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long in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A785C30E838EA20" box="[370,520,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
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). The androecium in both is also similar, with filiform, very narrow thecae in the antesepalous stamens and strongly thickened thecae in the antepetalous ones. 
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E9D5C0CEADAEAF8" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
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by the characteristics pointed out on the diagnosis, and also by the leaves with a dark green adaxial surface in dry specimens (
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. silvery in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953AC55CC4E87DEA9C" box="[463,589,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
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), and longer inflorescences, 
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long (
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. 
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in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E175CC4EFABEA9C" box="[1309,1435,698,724]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
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). Both share similar habitats in granitic and gneissic inselbergs in the state of 
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, but 
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occurs to the north of Rio Doce, while 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539335D7CE886EB54" box="[569,694,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. fontanae</emphasis>
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occurs only to the south of it, in the municipalities of São Roque do Canaã and Itaguaçu.
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953BB75D35EBADEB2C" box="[189,413,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically related to 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539FB5D35E9C8EB2C" box="[753,1016,842,868]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma magdalenense</emphasis>
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(see this new combination below) due to the shrubby habit, leaves with very long petioles (
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long in 
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, and 
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long in 
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), the blades ovate, with a cordate base, and very long thyrsoids (
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long in 
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, and 
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long in 
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). Both also share the flower buds surrounded by two bracteoles, 5-merous, small flowers, 
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diam., purple petals, filaments and style covered by glandular trichomes, and costate fruits. The androecium in both is also similar, with filiform, very narrow thecae in the antesepalous stamens and strongly thickened thecae in the antepetalous ones. 
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differs from 
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by the older branches strongly winged (
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. not winged in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539105A38E8E6EC28" box="[538,726,1094,1120]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. magdalenense</emphasis>
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), adaxial surface of the leaves covered with dendritic trichomes (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953B9B5A14EA98ECCC" box="[145,168,1131,1156]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. unbranched trichomes), the antesepalous stamens with pedoconective and appendages covered with glandular trichomes (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A025AF0EB2FECE0" box="[264,287,1167,1192]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. glabrous), and globose wider fruits, 
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wide (
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. oblong, ca. 
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wide). Both species occur on granitic and gneissic inselbergs, but 
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occurs only in the state of 
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, in Parque Estadual do Desengano, further south than 
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.
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953BB75A85EBAEED5C" box="[189,414,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
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is also morphologically related to 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9538225A85EE3BED5C" box="[808,1035,1274,1300]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma manicatum</emphasis>
(
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) Guimarães &amp; Michelangeli
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(in 
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Guimarães 
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. 2019: 984
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) due to the shrubby habit, the branches with thick nodes, leaves with very long petioles (
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long in 
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), the blades ovate, with a cordate base, and very long thyrsoids (
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long in 
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). Both also share the flower buds surrounded by two lanceolate bracteoles, the hypanthium setulose with glandular trichomes, 5-merous, small flowers 
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diam., purple petals, filaments and style covered by glandular trichomes, and costate fruits. The androecium in both is also similar, with filiform, very narrow thecae in the antesepalous stamens and strongly thickened thecae in the antepetalous ones. 
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A195B88EB99EE58" box="[275,425,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. manicatum</emphasis>
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by the older branches strongly winged (
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. not winged to angulose in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953FA75B88EF74EE58" box="[1197,1348,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. manicatum</emphasis>
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), adaxial surface of the leaves covered with dendritic trichomes (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539E65864E933EE7C" box="[748,771,1563,1588]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. unbranched trichomes), shorter sepals, 
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long (
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long), and the antesepalous stamens with pedoconective and appendages covered with glandular trichomes (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953B9B581CEA98EE34" box="[145,168,1635,1660]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. glabrous). Both species are rupicolous and occur on granitic and gneissic inselbergs, but 
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occurs only in the state of 
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, in the Parque Nacional do Caparaó, further south than 
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.
</emphasis>
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Finally, 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A1258D4EB9BEE8C" box="[280,427,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
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shares some morphological features with 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF95387458D5EEA2EE8C" box="[894,1170,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma kollmannianum</emphasis>
Meyer &amp; Goldenberg
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(in 
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Meyer 
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. 2016: 202
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)—shrubby habit, branches with conspicuous wings and thick nodes, ovate leaves with a cordate base, 7–9 acrodromous veins, and sericeous adaxial surface (sericeous-setose in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953F14588CEE84EF44" box="[1054,1204,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
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). They also share the long inflorescences (65–80 × 
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in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9539605968E904EF78" box="[618,820,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. kollmannianum</emphasis>
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, and 27–40.5 × 
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in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953F9F5968EF1AEF78" box="[1173,1322,1814,1840]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
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), 5-merous flowers, purple petals with a white base during anthesis, filaments of the stamens (antepetalous and antesepalous) covered by glandular trichomes, and short style (
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long in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF9538AB5920EE5CEF30" box="[929,1132,1886,1912]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. kollmannianum</emphasis>
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, and 
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long in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E9D5920EB31EFD4" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. semisterile</emphasis>
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). 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A1359FDEBC9EFD4" box="[281,505,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">Pleroma semisterile</emphasis>
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF95398759FCE967EFD4" box="[653,855,1922,1948]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. kollmannianum</emphasis>
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by the elongated petioles 
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long (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E5F59FCEF5CEFD4" box="[1365,1388,1923,1948]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. 
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long in 
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<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953A3459D8E838EF88" box="[318,520,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">P. kollmannianum</emphasis>
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), the adaxial surface of the leaves covered by dendritic trichomes (
<emphasis id="B912EA808B7BFF953E0959D8EF2AEF88" box="[1283,1306,1959,1984]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="220">vs</emphasis>
. unbranched trichomes), and the hypanthium setulose, with glandular trichomes (
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sericeous, with eglandular trichomes). Both occur in granitic and gneissic inselbergs in the state of 
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.
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