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(
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9219
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(
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isotypes: 
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.
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— 
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. lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate leaves in 
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), these slightly discolor (
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. strongly discolorous), with shorter, 
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long petioles (
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long). It also differs from 
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by the dendritic trichomes that cover young branches, petioles, and inflorescence branches (
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. stellate trichomes), larger petals, 17.6–20.9 × 
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(
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. 8–13.3 × 
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), and shorter antesepalous pedoconnective appendages, 
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long (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D13BD22FE9B9DF8FE0CF7B0" box="[367,387,2028,2049]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="258">vs</emphasis>
. 
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long).
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D10BD21FF7C9D94FF73F824" bold="true" box="[136,252,1920,1942]" pageId="2" pageNumber="259">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Photos of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D10BD21FEAB9D94FD9EF824" box="[351,529,1920,1941]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="259">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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in the field.A. Flowering branch. B. Leaf, abaxial surface. C. Leaf, with detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface. D. Leaf, with detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface. E. Flower bud. F. Hypanthium and sepals. G. Flower in frontal view. H. Flower in lateral view showing stamens and style. I. Stamens in ventral view, showing the ventral biauriculate appendages. J. Old fruits after seed dispersal. [Images from 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D10BD21FCCB9DF9FB81F7B0" box="[831,1038,2028,2050]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="259">Meyer &amp; Brotto 2725</emphasis>
].
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FF7C9CDDFF75F96F" bold="true" box="[136,250,1737,1759]" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Illustration made with photos from herbarium specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FCAF9CDDFB9EF96F" box="[859,1041,1737,1758]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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, based on the holotype and paratypes. A. Branch. B. Leaf, with detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface (B1), and the abaxial surface (B2) of the blade. C. Bract, adaxial surface. D. Bract, abaxial surface. E. Partial view of the inflorescence. F. Variation in bracteole size (abaxial surface). G. Flower bud, with detail of the indumentum that covers the hypanthium (G1). H. Dried flower. I. Antesepalous stamen, with detail of the pedoconnective appendages (I1), and the indumentum that covers the filament (I2). J. Antepetalous stamen, with detail of the pedoconnective appendages (J1), and the indumentum that covers the filament (J2). K. Gynoecium, with detail of the indumentum that covers the apex of the ovarium (K1). L. Immature fruit. [A, C–E, G–L: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FDFD9DB5FD10F807" box="[521,671,1953,1974]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">
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et al 9219
</emphasis>
(UPCB); B: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FCE99DB5FC1AF807" box="[797,917,1953,1974]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">Engels 2380</emphasis>
(UPCB); F: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FBE49DB5FBF6F807" box="[1040,1145,1953,1974]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">Engels s.n.</emphasis>
(UPCB0049003)].
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<subSubSection id="C37A656A1D11BD26FF7C9DF1FE3EFE20" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="262" pageId="3" pageNumber="260" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D11BD20FF7C9DF1FE93F84E" bold="true" box="[136,284,2021,2047]" pageId="3" pageNumber="260">Description:</emphasis>
—Erect shrubs 
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tall, with sympodial growth, poorly to strongly branched. Younger and older branches quadrangular, moderately hirsutulous to setulose, trichomes 
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long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, erect, the base linear to slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked; the older branches basally decorticating, brownish; nodes slender. Leaves opposite; chartaceous, petioles 
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long; blades 6.3–9.2 × 
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, chartaceous, slightly discolorous, elliptical to ovate, base obtuse to slightly cordate, apex acute, margins slightly crenulate, 7 acrodromous veins, basal, but the first and second lateral pairs confluent near the leaf base, domatia absent and reticulation conspicuous on the abaxial surface; adaxial surface flat, brown to dark green in dry specimens, dark green in fresh material, moderately strigose, trichomes 
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long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, appressed, the base linear, immersed, not forked to rarely forked, followed by a sequence of white dots, abaxial surface flat, light brown in dry specimens, pale-green to yellowish-green in fresh material, moderately sericeous to setose on the surface, primary and secondary veins, trichomes 
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long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, appressed or curved, the base linear to slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked. Thyrsoids 11–24 × 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FABE9BF6FF22FD90" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" metricValueMax="11.5" metricValueMin="5.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="cm" value="8.5" valueMax="11.5" valueMin="5.5">5.5–11.5 cm</quantity>
, terminal, 30–100 flowers, axis quadrangular, with the same indumentum as the branches, reddish to greenish; bracts in pairs, the color similar to the leaves, late deciduous, leafy, petioles 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FC15983EFBB1FDF4" box="[993,1086,554,581]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="mm" value="1.5" valueMax="2.0" valueMin="1.0">1–2 mm</quantity>
long, blade 2.9–3.8 × 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FAC8983EFA28FDF4" box="[1340,1447,554,581]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="8.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="cm" value="0.9" valueMax="1.0" valueMin="0.8">0.8–1 cm</quantity>
, elliptic, indumentum the same as the leaves; bracteoles in pairs, cream to reddish cream, early deciduous, 5.1–17.4 × 
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, ovate to oblanceolate, apex acute, not covering the apex of the flower bud, margins entire, ciliate, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface moderately strigose or moderately sericeous, with indumentum arranged along the entire abaxial surface, trichomes 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FDFC98AEFD1CFD64" box="[520,659,698,725]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" metricValueMax="2.9" metricValueMin="0.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="mm" value="1.7" valueMax="2.9" valueMin="0.5">0.5–2.9 mm</quantity>
long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, appressed, the base slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked. Flowers 5(–6)-merous, pedicels 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FBBD98CAFB5CFD48" box="[1097,1235,734,761]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8499999999999996" metricValueMax="3.3" metricValueMin="2.4" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="mm" value="2.8499999999999996" valueMax="3.3" valueMin="2.4">2.4–3.3 mm</quantity>
long; hypanthium, 5.9–7.8 × 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FF0D9916FE0EFCAC" box="[249,385,770,797]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.75" metricValueMax="4.3" metricValueMin="3.2" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="mm" value="3.75" valueMax="4.3" valueMin="3.2">3.2–4.3 mm</quantity>
, obovate, not costate, green to reddish-green epidermis (adaxial surface), moderately to densely sericeous, trichomes 
<quantity id="4C989B041D16BD27FE889932FD89FCF0" box="[380,518,806,833]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" metricValueMax="2.2" metricValueMin="0.8" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" unit="mm" value="1.5" valueMax="2.2" valueMin="0.8">0.8–2.2 mm</quantity>
long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, appressed, the base linear to slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked; sepals early deciduous, 3.5–4.8 × 
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, triangular, green to reddish-green epidermis (in both surfaces), margins ciliolate, apex acute, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface with the same indumentum as the hypanthium, trichomes arranged along the entire abaxial surface; petals 17.6–20.9 × 
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, obovate, apex rounded to slightly cuspidate, purple (during anthesis) or purple with a red base (in senescent flowers), glabrous in both surfaces, margin cilate, moderately pubescent, trichomes 
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long, dendritic, with inconspicuous arms, eglandular, or glandular and mixed with eglandular trichomes, erect, the base linear, not immersed, not forked; stamens 10(–12), strongly dimorphic, the antesepalous with the filaments purple (during anthesis) to lilac (in senescent flowers), 
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long, sparsely setulose on the lower half, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, glandular, curved, the base linear to slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked, pedoconnective purple, 
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prolonged below the thecae, glabrous, ventral appendages biauriculate, purple, ascendent, apex acute, 
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long, glabrous, thecae purple, white apex, 10.5–11 × 
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, falcate, the antepetalous with filaments purple (during anthesis) to lilac (in senescent flowers), 
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long, sparsely setulose on lower half or lower two thirds, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, glandular, curved, the base linear to slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked, pedoconnective white to slightly pink, 
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prolonged below the thecae, glabrous, ventral appendages biauriculate, white to slightly pink, ascendent, apex acute, 
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long, glabrous, thecae white, 8.7–9.1 × ca. 
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, falcate; ovary 5.7–6 × 
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, 5(–6)-locular, apex densely sericeous to densely setose, trichomes 
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long, unbranched, glandular and mixed with eglandular trichomes, erect, the base slightly broadened, not immersed, not forked; style purple (during anthesis) to lilac (in senescent flowers), 
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long, apex curved, glabrous, stigma truncate. Capsular fruits 8.3–9 × 
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, sepals early deciduous, epicarp undivided when mature, ecostate. Seeds 0.1–0.3 × ca. 
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, cochleate, with a tuberculate testa.
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s.n.
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, 
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, 
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2380
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(
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, 
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da PCH 
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, várzea ou campo hidromórfico na orla da barragem, 
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2725
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(
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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!, 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FC1A9C92FBB5F911" box="[1006,1082,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
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&amp; 
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. 
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. 
<location id="8EBF603A1D16BD27FAD19C93FAE3F911" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C987F71D13BD2BFF7C9CF8FB55FDD9:8EBF603A1D16BD27FAD19C93FAE3F911" box="[1317,1388,1671,1696]" country="Brazil" name="Brotto" pageId="4" pageNumber="261" stateProvince="Parana">Brotto</location>
2727
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(
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!, 
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! 
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!);
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FE799CBEFE56F975" box="[397,473,1706,1732]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">ibidem</emphasis>
, 
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. 
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. 
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&amp; 
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. 
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2728
</emphasis>
(
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!, 
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.
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FF499CDAFE52F959" bold="true" box="[189,477,1742,1768]" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">Distribuition and habitat</emphasis>
:— 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FDF49CDAFD45F959" box="[512,714,1742,1768]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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occurs only in the state of 
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, in natural grasslands either on dry areas (“Estepe Gramíneo-lenhosa”) or periodically flooded areas (“Formação Pioneira com Influência Fluvial”) associated with Araucaria Forest (“Floresta Ombrófila Mista”, according to the classification of 
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; see 
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).
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FF499D2EFEB6F8E5" bold="true" box="[189,313,1850,1876]" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">Phenology</emphasis>
:—Flowering and fruiting between January to February.
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FF499D4AFE3DF8C9" bold="true" box="[189,434,1886,1912]" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">Conservation status</emphasis>
:—According to IUCN’s criterion D, 
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should be considered as Critically Endangered (IUCN 2022). The species is current known by a very small population, with restricted distribution. Its Extent of Occurrence (EO) is 
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and its Area of Occupancy (AO) is about 8,0 km 
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. One of the two localities where these plants have been collected by 2013/14, at Carambeí, has been recently devastated by mining activities; we went back to the same place, but were unable to find individuals/populations. Therefore, 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D16BD27FB699DFBFAABF7B9" box="[1181,1316,2030,2056]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="261">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
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is currently known only from a small population in the municipality of Castro, on the banks of the Iapó River, along which several small hydroelectric power plants have been implemented in the last few decades, with a devastating impact on riverbeds and floodplains. Natural grasslands in this region are also being largely converted to agricultural use, which in turn may be a consequence of changes in Brazilian law that deals with the protection of native vegetation and riparian environments; the new law 12.651/2012 (
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, 2012
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) reduced the protection of vegetation along riverbanks, when compared to the previous one (4.771/1965; 
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, 1965
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). In conclusion, the natural grasslands and floodplains along the Iapó river basin are expected to be strongly reduced in the coming years and, in consequence, the habitat of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FED79B63FE26FE21" box="[291,425,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FF7C9E99FF71FB13" bold="true" box="[136,254,1165,1187]" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Distribution map of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FE3D9E99FDF1FB13" box="[457,638,1165,1186]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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(red crosses) and partial distribution of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FBF69E9AFBFAFB13" box="[1026,1141,1165,1187]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. oleifoium</emphasis>
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(white squares), and 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FAB19E9AFA23FB13" box="[1349,1452,1165,1187]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. ursinum</emphasis>
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(black triangles) in Paraná. Abbreviations: PR: Paraná; SC: Santa Catarina; SP: São Paulo; MG: Minas Gerais; MS: Mato Grosso do Sul.
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FF499EE1FEB1FABE" bold="true" box="[189,318,1269,1295]" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Etymology</emphasis>
:—The epithet “ 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FE089EE1FDE8FABE" box="[508,615,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">joelsilvae</emphasis>
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” is a tribute to Joel Morais da 
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, for his extensive work as a plant collector and as part of the staff of the “Museu Botânico Municipal de Curitiba”, accompanying the collection team headed by Dr. Gerdt Guenther Hatschbach from 1979–2018. Joel, known as “Bagre”, also assisted several botanists from around the world, and is notorious for his fieldwork skills and a keen eye for finding plants in general. Now retired, he is still actively collecting plants: his samples are rich and well prepared. Due to its important contribution to the regional botanical collections, as well as collecting the 
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(and the isotypes), and helping us to find 
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specimens of the new species, we dedicate this new species to him.
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FF499FE5FF7AF9BA" bold="true" box="[189,245,1521,1547]" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Note</emphasis>
:— 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FEED9FE5FE63F9BA" box="[281,492,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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can be easily recognized among the species occurring in southern 
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by the (1) branched trichomes covering branches, leaves, inflorescence axes, bracteoles, and hypanthium (see 
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B-1, 2B-2, and 2G-1), and (2) stamens with auriculate pedoconnective appendages (see 
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, 
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I-1, 2J-1). This set of morphological features is shared with 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FDCD9C4AFD48F9C6" box="[569,711,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. oleifolium</emphasis>
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, as well as the pairs of ovate to elliptical and concave bracteoles, and the relatively small flowers (4–4.5.cm diam. in 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FD389C96FCDCF92A" box="[716,851,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
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, and 
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in 
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), with purple to lilac petals and styles, antepetalous anthers with white thecae, and antesepalous anthers with purple thecae, but white on their apex. 
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FD9B9CDEFD71F952" box="[623,766,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. oleifolium</emphasis>
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by the characters pointed in the diagnosis, and by the leaves with 7 veins (
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. 5 veins; see 
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), and larger, 5.1–17.4 × 
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bracteoles (
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. 4–10 × 
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; 
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). Both species may be sympatric.
</paragraph>
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Another sympatric species that also resembles 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FD2F9D22FCEAF8FE" box="[731,869,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FC789D21FBDEF8FE" box="[908,1105,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Pleroma ursinum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D17BD26FB969D21FADEF8FE" author="Chamisso, A." box="[1122,1361,1845,1872]" pageId="5" pageNumber="262" pagination="368 - 402" refId="ref6164" refString="Chamisso, A. (1835) De plantis in expeditione speculatoria Romanzoffiana et in herbaris Regiis Berolinensibus observatis dicere pergit - Melastomaceae Americanae. Linnaea 9: 368 - 402." type="journal article" year="1835">Chamisso 1835: 443</bibRefCitation>
) 
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. Both are shrubs with inflorescences with reddish axes, ovate to oblanceolate bracts and bracteoles, white anthers (only in antepetalous stamens in 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FDB99D6AFD5CF826" box="[589,723,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see 
<figureCitation id="135B2A641D17BD26FCF89D69FC2CF826" box="[780,931,1917,1943]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[136,229,1920,1942]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,206,1892]" captionTargetId="figure-26@2.[151,1436,206,1892]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Photos of Pleroma joelsilvae in the field.A. Flowering branch. B. Leaf, abaxial surface. C. Leaf, with detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface. D. Leaf, with detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface. E. Flower bud. F. Hypanthium and sepals. G. Flower in frontal view. H. Flower in lateral view showing stamens and style. I. Stamens in ventral view, showing the ventral biauriculate appendages. J. Old fruits after seed dispersal. [Images from Meyer &amp; Brotto 2725]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6831546" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6831546/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Figures 1G–I</figureCitation>
), and purple to lilac petals and styles. 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FAB89D69FF7CF80A" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D17BD26FE729DB6FE72F80A" authorityName="Triana" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Chamisso" baseAuthorityYear="1835" box="[390,509,1954,1979]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="5" pageNumber="262" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="ursinum">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FE729DB6FE72F80A" box="[390,509,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">P. ursinum</emphasis>
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by the obtuse to slightly cordate leaf base (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FC169DB6FC76F80A" box="[994,1017,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">vs</emphasis>
. leaves strongly cordate in 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FADF9DB6FA24F80A" box="[1323,1451,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">
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;
</emphasis>
see 
<figureCitation id="135B2A641D17BD26FF429DD1FE96F86E" box="[182,281,1989,2015]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[136,229,1873,1895]" captionTargetBox="[226,1384,225,1795]" captionTargetId="figure-26@6.[177,1411,190,1849]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Comparative illustration of the leaves made with photos of herbarium specimens of Pleroma joelsilvae (A), P. oleifolium (B), and P. ursinum (C).A1 Leaf, adaxial view.A2. Leaf, abaxial view.A3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. A4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. B1 Leaves, adaxial view. B2. Leaves, abaxial view. B3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. B4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. C1 Leaves, adaxial view. C2. Leaves, abaxial view. C3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. C4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. [A: Engels 2380 (UPCB); B: Souza 503 (UPCB); C: Goldenberg 498 (UPCB)]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6831552" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6831552/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Figure 4</figureCitation>
), covered with dendritic trichomes on both surfaces (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FC739DD2FC11F86E" box="[903,926,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">vs</emphasis>
. covered with unbranched trichomes on both surfaces; 
<figureCitation id="135B2A641D17BD26FF069DFDFEDFF7B2" box="[242,336,2025,2051]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[136,229,1873,1895]" captionTargetBox="[226,1384,225,1795]" captionTargetId="figure-26@6.[177,1411,190,1849]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Comparative illustration of the leaves made with photos of herbarium specimens of Pleroma joelsilvae (A), P. oleifolium (B), and P. ursinum (C).A1 Leaf, adaxial view.A2. Leaf, abaxial view.A3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. A4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. B1 Leaves, adaxial view. B2. Leaves, abaxial view. B3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. B4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. C1 Leaves, adaxial view. C2. Leaves, abaxial view. C3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. C4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. [A: Engels 2380 (UPCB); B: Souza 503 (UPCB); C: Goldenberg 498 (UPCB)]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6831552" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6831552/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Figure 4</figureCitation>
C-3, 4C-4), in addition to stamens with auriculate appendages (
<figureCitation id="135B2A641D17BD26FBFE9DFDFBE7F7B5" box="[1034,1128,2025,2052]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="7.[136,229,1779,1801]" captionTargetBox="[219,1374,226,1728]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[177,1411,190,1755]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 5. Comparative illustration of the bracteoles and stamens made with photos of herbarium specimens of Pleroma joelsilvae (A, D), P. oleifolium (B, E), and P. ursinum (C, F). A1. Variation in bracteole size (abaxial surface).A2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. B1. Bracteole (abaxial surface). B2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. C1. Bracteole (abaxial surface). C2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. D1.Antesepalous and antepetalousstamens.D2.Detailof the pedoconnectiveand appendagesof the antesepalousstamens.E1.Antesepalous andantepetalous stamens. E2. Detail of the pedoconnective and appendages of the antesepalous stamens. F1. Antesepalous and antepetalous stamens. F2. Detail of the pedoconnective and appendages of the antesepalous stamens. [A, D: Engels s.n. (UPCB0049003); B, E: Souza 503 (UPCB); C, F: Maia 56 (UPCB)]." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6831558" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6831558/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">Figure 5</figureCitation>
D-2; 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D17BD26FB579DFEFB35F7B2" box="[1187,1210,2026,2051]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="262">vs</emphasis>
. bilobed appendages; 
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F-1).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FF7C9D45FF72F8D6" bold="true" box="[136,253,1873,1895]" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Comparative illustration of the leaves made with photos of herbarium specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FBD69D46FB5AF8D6" box="[1058,1237,1874,1895]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
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(A), 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FAFC9D46FA0FF8D6" box="[1288,1408,1874,1895]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">P. oleifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(B), and 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FF449D62FE99F83A" box="[176,278,1910,1931]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">P. ursinum</emphasis>
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(C). A1 Leaf, adaxial view. A2. Leaf, abaxial view. A3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. A4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. B1 Leaves, adaxial view. B2. Leaves, abaxial view. B3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. B4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. C1 Leaves, adaxial view. C2. Leaves, abaxial view. C3. Detail of the indumentum that covers the adaxial surface of the leaf. C4. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the leaf. [A: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FD379212FCB4F7AA" box="[707,827,2054,2075]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">Engels 2380</emphasis>
(UPCB); B: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FC4D9212FB93F7AA" box="[953,1052,2054,2075]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">Souza 503</emphasis>
(UPCB); C: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D14BD25FB6E9212FAB9F7AA" box="[1178,1334,2054,2075]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="263">Goldenberg 498</emphasis>
(UPCB)].
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDF36E11D15BD24FF7C9CE7FEFDF7B5" blockId="7.[136,1452,1779,2053]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FF7C9CE7FF71F8B9" bold="true" box="[136,254,1779,1801]" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Comparative illustration of the bracteoles and stamens made with photos of herbarium specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FB259CE7FA09F8B9" box="[1233,1414,1779,1800]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Pleroma joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(A, D), 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FF599D0CFEA9F89D" box="[173,294,1815,1837]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">P. oleifolium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(B, E), and 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FE6F9D0CFD8EF89C" box="[411,513,1816,1837]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">P. ursinum</emphasis>
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(C, F). A1. Variation in bracteole size (abaxial surface). A2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. B1. Bracteole (abaxial surface). B2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. C1. Bracteole (abaxial surface). C2. Detail of the indumentum that covers the abaxial surface of the bracteole. D1. Antesepalous and antepetalous stamens. D2. Detail of the pedoconnective and appendages of the antesepalous stamens.E1. Antesepalous and antepetalous stamens. E2. Detail of the pedoconnective and appendages of the antesepalous stamens. F1. Antesepalous and antepetalous stamens. F2. Detail of the pedoconnective and appendages of the antesepalous stamens. [A, D: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FC6D9DDFFB8DF850" box="[921,1026,1995,2017]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Engels s.n.</emphasis>
(UPCB0049003); B, E: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FB199DDFFADFF851" box="[1261,1360,1995,2016]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">Souza 503</emphasis>
(UPCB); C, F: 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D15BD24FF4A9DE4FE80F7B5" box="[190,271,2031,2053]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="264">
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D15BD24FF4A9DE4FF7EF7B4" box="[190,241,2032,2053]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Liliaceae" genus="Maia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Liliales" pageId="7" pageNumber="264" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Maia</taxonomicName>
56
</emphasis>
(UPCB)].
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<paragraph id="8BDF36E11D1ABD2BFF499A8AFAE1FE05" blockId="8.[136,1452,158,617]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">
Stamens with auriculate pedoconnective appendages are uncommon in 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFC1E9A8AFBC6FF09" box="[1002,1097,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; this character is also found in some species classically treated in 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFDE29AD6FD32FF6D" box="[534,701,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D1ABD2BFDE29AD6FD1BFF6D" authorityName="Aublet" authorityYear="1775" box="[534,660,194,220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Tibouchina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus" sensu="lato">Tibouchina</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757881D1ABD2BFD699AD6FD32FF6D" box="[669,701,194,220]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" sensu="lato">s.l.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
section 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFCEB9AD6FC16FF6D" box="[799,921,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Purpurella</emphasis>
(
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) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFB7E9AD6FA08FF6D" author="Cogniaux, A. C." box="[1162,1415,194,221]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" refId="ref6196" refString="Cogniaux, A. C. (1885) Melastomataceae. In: Martius, C. F. P., Eichler, A. G. &amp; Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis, v. 14 p. 3. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, Munich, 655 pp." type="book" year="1885">Cogniaux (1885: 411)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, or in the genus 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFEE89AF3FEE1FEB1" box="[284,366,231,256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Itatiaia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFE839AF2FDA8FEB1" author="Ule, E." box="[375,551,230,256]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="191 - 238" refId="ref8190" refString="Ule, E. (1908) Melastomataceae. Beitrage zur Flora von Bahia. I. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 42: 191 - 238." type="journal article" year="1908">Ule (1908: 234</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; currently a synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFCB39AF2FC29FEB1" box="[839,934,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). These species group has 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFB289AF2FA24FEB1" box="[1244,1451,230,256]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma cinereum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFF649B1EFEFAFE95" author="Cogniaux, A. C." box="[144,373,266,293]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" refId="ref6196" refString="Cogniaux, A. C. (1885) Melastomataceae. In: Martius, C. F. P., Eichler, A. G. &amp; Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis, v. 14 p. 3. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, Munich, 655 pp." type="book" year="1885">Cogniaux 1885: 416</bibRefCitation>
) 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFCB79B1EFBB3FE95" box="[835,1084,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma cleistoflorum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFBBD9B1EFB67FE94" author="Ule, E." box="[1097,1256,266,293]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="191 - 238" refId="ref8190" refString="Ule, E. (1908) Melastomataceae. Beitrage zur Flora von Bahia. I. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 42: 191 - 238." type="journal article" year="1908">Ule 1908: 235</bibRefCitation>
) Guimarães 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFA819B1FFA2AFE95" box="[1397,1445,266,292]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">et al</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicName>
(in 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFF599B3AFE4FFEF8" author="Oliveira da Silva, M. F. &amp; Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A." box="[173,448,302,329]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="222 - 228" refId="ref7889" refString="Oliveira da Silva, M. F., Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. (2014) Nomenclatural and taxonomic novelties in the tribe Melastomeae (Melastomataceae). Phytotaxa 186: 222 - 228. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 186.4.6" type="journal article" year="2014">
Oliveira 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFEFB9B3BFEB0FEF9" box="[271,319,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">et al</emphasis>
. 2014: 225
</bibRefCitation>
), 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFE269B3AFD11FEF9" box="[466,670,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma hospitum</emphasis>
(De Candole 1828: 129) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFC429B3AFBF5FEF9" author="Triana, J. J." box="[950,1146,302,328]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="1 - 188" refId="ref8146" refString="Triana, J. J. (1872) 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="4C604D621D1ABD2BFB409B3AFCB0FEDC" authority="(Cogniaux 1885: 415) Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli (2019: 985)" authorityName="Guimaraes &amp; Michelangeli" authorityPageNumber="985" authorityYear="2019" baseAuthorityName="Cogniaux" baseAuthorityPageNumber="415" baseAuthorityYear="1885" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="minutiflorum">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFB409B3AFA24FEF9" box="[1204,1451,302,328]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma minutiflorum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFF649B46FEF9FEDC" author="Cogniaux, A. C." box="[144,374,338,365]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" refId="ref6196" refString="Cogniaux, A. C. (1885) Melastomataceae. In: Martius, C. F. P., Eichler, A. G. &amp; Urban, I. (Eds.) Flora Brasiliensis, v. 14 p. 3. Lipsiae, Frid. Fleischer, Munich, 655 pp." type="book" year="1885">Cogniaux 1885: 415</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFE709B46FCB0FEDC" author="Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Michelangeli, F. A. &amp; Sosa, K. &amp; Gomez, J. R. S." box="[388,831,338,365]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="937 - 1002" refId="ref6783" 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 &amp; Michelangeli (2019: 985)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. All the aforementioned species are easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFF329B63FEC3FE21" box="[198,332,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the pendulous flowers (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFD8B9B63FD19FE21" box="[639,662,375,400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. erect in 
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D1ABD2BFD0B9B63FC09FE21" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Brotto" authorityYear="2022" box="[767,902,374,400]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="joelsilvae">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFD0B9B63FC09FE21" box="[767,902,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), with white petals (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFB999B63FB0BFE21" box="[1133,1156,375,400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. purple), and anthers with a truncate apex (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFEB69B8FFED6FE05" box="[322,345,411,436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. attenuate). Among the species mentioned above, only 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFC319B8FFBC8FE05" box="[965,1095,410,436]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. hospitum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in southern 
<collectingCountry id="F37776711D1ABD2BFAD69B8EFAE5FE05" box="[1314,1386,410,436]" name="Brazil" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Brazil</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDF36E11D1ABD2BFF499BAAFB55FDD9" blockId="8.[136,1452,158,617]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">
Only one species of 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFE6A9BAAFE72FE69" box="[414,509,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
other than 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFD8D9BABFD71FE69" box="[633,766,446,472]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
found in southern 
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has dendritic trichomes covering the hypanthium: 
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D1ABD2BFEE89BF6FB82FE4D" authority="(De Candolle 1828: 129) Triana (1872: 44)" authorityName="Triana" authorityPageNumber="44" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="De Candolle" baseAuthorityPageNumber="129" baseAuthorityYear="1828" box="[284,1037,482,508]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="candolleanum">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFEE89BF6FDADFE4D" box="[284,546,482,508]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">Pleroma candolleanum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFDC49BF6FCB8FE4D" author="De Candolle, A. P." box="[560,823,482,508]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="99 - 202" refId="ref6296" refString="De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Melastomataceae. In: De Candolle, A. L. P. P. (ed.) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, v. 3. Treuttel et Wurtz, Paris, pp. 99 - 202." type="book chapter" year="1828">De Candolle 1828: 129</bibRefCitation>
) 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFCB19BF6FB82FE4D" author="Triana, J. J." box="[837,1037,482,508]" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="1 - 188" refId="ref8146" refString="Triana, J. J. (1872) 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: 44)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. It is not native to 
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(see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF14B101D1ABD2BFA969BF7FE9EFD91" author="Meyer, F. S. &amp; Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Goldenberg, R." pageId="8" pageNumber="265" pagination="615 - 638" refId="ref7177" refString="Meyer, F. S., Guimaraes, P. J. F. &amp; Goldenberg, R. (2010 a) Tibouchina (Melastomataceae) do estado do Parana, Brasil. Rodriguesia 61: 615 - 638. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 2175 - 7860201061405" type="journal article" year="2010">
Meyer 
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFF7C9813FF4EFD91" box="[136,193,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">et al.</emphasis>
2010a
</bibRefCitation>
), and its cultivated plants are easily distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFC7E9813FB9EFD91" box="[906,1041,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its arboreal habit (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFAF99813FAABFD91" box="[1293,1316,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. shrubby in 
<taxonomicName id="4C604D621D1ABD2BFF7C983FFE9FFDF5" authorityName="F. S. Mey. &amp; Brotto" authorityYear="2022" box="[136,272,554,580]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Pleroma" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="8" pageNumber="265" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="joelsilvae">
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFF7C983FFE9FFDF5" box="[136,272,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">P. joelsilvae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), leaves with 3 suprabasal veins (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFD60983FFD24FDF5" box="[660,683,555,580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. 7 basal veins, the first and second pairs confluent at the base) and stamens with the pedoconnective and appendages covered with glandular trichomes (
<emphasis id="B914EAF31D1ABD2BFBB7985BFBD5FDD9" box="[1091,1114,591,616]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="265">vs</emphasis>
. glabrous).
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