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subcoriaceous, 3.54 ×
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and membranous, 33.8 ×
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in
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), calyx hirsute (
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glabrous in
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and puberulous in
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FBA12D1275B8153F" box="[1086,1196,860,881]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and ovary sericeous (
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glandular-papillose in
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and puberulous in
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FD6E2DCE724A15DB" box="[753,862,896,917]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF172D8A70061590" bold="true" box="[136,274,964,990]" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Description</emphasis>
:—Twining vine. Branches subquadrangular, sulcate, golden pubescent when young, eglandular trichomes, appressed, internodes
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long. Leaves membranous; petiole
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long, canaliculate, strigose; blades 8.511 ×
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, oblong to elliptic, sparsely strigose to glabrescent with eglandular trichomes with
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3 basal cells on both sides, base rounded to obtuse, margin entire, apex acuminate, with mucron
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long, venation camptodromous, secondary veins 34 pairs, median and secondary veins prominulous above, prominent beneath. Flowers 13 clustered in the leaf axils; pedicels
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long, strigose; bracteoles 2.83.8 ×
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, green, oblong, fused up to the middle, membranous, base rounded to truncate, apex cuspidate, mucron
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long, midrib slightly prominent, external surface golden-pubescent, denser at margins, eglandular trichomes with
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1 basal cells,
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long, internally papillose-glandular; calyx 1.82 ×
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, margin entire, hirsute, with erect eglandular and glandular trichomes; corolla
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long, white, with purple nectar-guides at the throat, infundibuliform, ventricose, glabrous externally, glandular-papillose within, basal tube
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wide, decreasing to
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wide above the ovary region, throat
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wide, mouth of the corolla
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wide, upper lip two-lobed, strongly reflexed, lower lip three-parted, spreading, lobes 0.70.8 ×
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, orbicular, apex retuse; stamens 4, fused to the middle of the corolla-tube, free portion of the filaments
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long; thecae with a basal tuft of eglandular, bristly trichomes, connective with sparsely glandular trichomes, anthers sagittate, dorsal pair
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long, ventral pair
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long; pollen grains 5-brevicolpate, rugulate over the interapertural surface; ovary 2.83 ×
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, sericeous; style
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long, proximally hirsute with sparse glandular trichomes, distally glabrous, stigma bilobed, lobes subequal, ca.
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long. Drupe (immature) 1.41.6 ×
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, ellipsoid, pubescent, with erect eglandular trichomes.
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF22280270F31028" bold="true" box="[189,487,1612,1638]" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Distribution and Habitat</emphasis>
:—
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FD94280273E41028" box="[523,752,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Mendoncia amabilis</emphasis>
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is a northwestern Amazon basin taxon known only from three localities in
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and a single locality in
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(
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), occurring at river margins or close to river banks, at altitudes below
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.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF2228F67342109C" bold="true" box="[189,598,1720,1746]" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Preliminary Conservation Status</emphasis>
:—With only four known sub-populations, the extent of occurrence of
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF172892707810B8" box="[136,364,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Mendoncia amabilis</emphasis>
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is
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while the area of occupation is
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. Despite of its small area of occupation, there is no evidence of discontinuity of the subpopulations and no threats have been recorded so far in such remote areas of
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and
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. Therefore, we consider it Data Deficient (DD), since new collections are needed to improve our knowledge regarding the conservation status of this new species.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF222922702D11C8" bold="true" box="[189,313,1900,1926]" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Phenology</emphasis>
:—The species was collected flowering in March and April and fruiting in April.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35A32BAFF97FFA4FF2229DE70DF11BC" pageId="1" pageNumber="230" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FF2229DE702A11E4" bold="true" box="[189,318,1936,1962]" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">Etymology</emphasis>
:—The specific epithet
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF97FFA4FDC629DE73AD11E4" box="[601,697,1936,1962]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="230">amabilis</emphasis>
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, meaning lovely, refers not only to the beauty of the plant with showy corollas, but also to the extremely friendly and amiable reception the first author experienced when visiting the Colombian herbaria in 2022.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF94FFA7FF17293871E911C5" bold="true" box="[136,253,1910,1932]" pageId="2" pageNumber="231">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
.
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. A. Flowering branch. B. Adaxial surface of the leaf. C. Adaxial surface of the bracteole. D. Stamens inside of the corolla. E. Anther. F. Bracteole and gynoecium. G. Ovary and calyx. H. Detail of the stigma. Drawn by Carlos Alvarez based on
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(COL!).
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF95FFA6FF1729E8701411F5" bold="true" box="[136,256,1958,1980]" pageId="3" pageNumber="232">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
.
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. A. Flowering branch. B. Anther. C. Hairs at the base of the anthers. D. Pollen, polar view. E. Ornamentation of the exine. F. Pollen colpi, equatorial view. A. Photo by A. Baraona. BF from
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(COL!).
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FF172A0D71E81216" bold="true" box="[136,252,1091,1113]" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. Distribution map of
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de 10
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4086
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!,
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:—In the
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Catalogue of plants from
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). Extensive searches among type-collections from Northwestern South America were carried out to ascertain that this taxon had not been previously described.
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is characterized by its showy large oblong bracteoles, and white corolla, its golden-pubescent branches, strigose petiole and pedicels, and both surfaces of the leaf-blade clad with eglandular trichomes with
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Silva
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). This new species keyed out near
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[=
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FEA8281370C51038" box="[311,465,1628,1654]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. velloziana</emphasis>
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] in the identification key provided by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD11CC0FF92FFA1FBF62812740D1039" author="Leonard, E. C." box="[1129,1305,1628,1655]" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" pagination="10 - 40" refId="ref3721" refString="Leonard, E. C. (1951) The Acanthaceae of Colombia I. Contributions of the United States National Herbarium 31: 10 - 40." type="journal article" year="1951">Leonard (1951)</bibRefCitation>
and updated by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD11CC0FF92FFA1FF3428CE709D10D4" author="Wasshausen, D." box="[171,393,1664,1690]" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" pagination="329 - 334" refId="ref4218" refString="Wasshausen, D. (1989) New species of Mendoncia (Acanthaceae) from Colombia. Brittonia 41: 329 - 334. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2807543" type="journal article" year="1989">Wasshausen (1989)</bibRefCitation>
. This was due to its pubescent branches, appressed trichomes and wide pubescent bracts with rounded base. However, the new species is easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FC1D28EB750D10F0" box="[898,1049,1700,1726]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. velloziana</emphasis>
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due to its subquadrangular branches (
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FF0E288771A410AC" box="[145,176,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
subcylindrical), strigose petiole and pedicel (
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FD21288773C910AC" box="[702,733,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
densely pubescent),
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long bracteoles (
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FA862887742310AC" box="[1305,1335,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
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long), corolla mostly white with purple nectar guides at the throat (
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FCE828A372821148" box="[887,918,1773,1798]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
evenly red) and hirsute calyx (
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FB6D28A374041148" box="[1266,1296,1773,1798]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
glabrous).
</paragraph>
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From our ongoing studies, the new species is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FC3E295E75D11164" box="[929,1221,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">Mendoncia squamuligera</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FA9A295F749D1164" authorityName="Turrill" authorityYear="1919" box="[1285,1417,1808,1834]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tonduzii">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FA9A295F749D1164" box="[1285,1417,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
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in their subquadrangular branches, membranous leaf-blades, and white corolla with purple nectar guides, however it differs in bracteole characters, which are membranous, 2.83.8 ×
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,
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FB952917753C113C" box="[1034,1064,1881,1906]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">vs.</emphasis>
subcoriaceous, 3.54 ×
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in
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FF382933707C11D8" authorityName="Nees" authorityYear="1847" box="[167,360,1916,1942]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="squamuligera">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FF382933707C11D8" box="[167,360,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
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, and membranous, 33.8 ×
<quantity id="4CB8CCD4FF92FFA1FD352932720011D8" box="[682,788,1916,1942]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.15" metricValueMax="1.3" metricValueMin="1.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" unit="cm" value="1.15" valueMax="1.3" valueMin="1.0">11.3 cm</quantity>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FCA3293372A911D8" authorityName="Turrill" authorityYear="1919" box="[828,957,1916,1942]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tonduzii">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FCA3293372A911D8" box="[828,957,1916,1942]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="137B7DB4FF92FFA1FC512932750111D9" box="[974,1045,1916,1943]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[136,234,999,1021]" captionTargetBox="[208,1327,195,956]" captionTargetId="figure-26@6.[152,1436,187,977]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Bracteole morphology of Mendoncia amabilis and similar species. A. M. amabilis. B. M. squamuligera. C. M. tonduzii. A. from Z. Cordero-P. et al. 407 (COL!). B. J.T.F. Guimarães et al. 34 (MG!). C. L. Castaño-Rosalba &amp; G.E. Muñoz 148 (HUA!)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8323566" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8323566/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Moreover, the bracteoles are only fused up to the middle in
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FE3329EF732611F4" authorityName="F. A. Silva" authorityYear="2023" box="[428,562,1952,1978]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FE3329EF732611F4" box="[428,562,1952,1978]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. amabilis</emphasis>
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while fused up to the upper third in
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FC4B29EF758011F4" box="[980,1172,1952,1978]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FB5229EF745911F4" box="[1229,1357,1952,1978]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Flower details of these species are also different,
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FDF7298B73FB1190" box="[616,751,1988,2014]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. amabilis</emphasis>
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has hirsute calyx and sericeous ovary (
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), while in
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FA12298B70361E4C" authorityName="Nees" authorityYear="1847" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="squamuligera">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FA12298B70361E4C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
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the calyx is glabrous, and the ovary is glandular-papillose; whereas, the ovary and calyx are puberulous in
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FF3A264370311E68" authorityName="Turrill" authorityYear="1919" box="[165,293,2060,2086]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tonduzii">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FF3A264370311E68" box="[165,293,2060,2086]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Another difference is that the style of
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF92FFA1FD44264372751E68" authorityName="F. A. Silva" authorityYear="2023" box="[731,865,2060,2086]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="4" pageNumber="233" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF92FFA1FD44264372751E68" box="[731,865,2060,2086]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="233">M. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is proximally hirsute and distally glabrous, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FF362ED1707816F6" box="[169,364,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the style is totally glabrous and in
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FC8C2ED1728216F6" box="[787,918,158,184]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the style is proximally glandular and distally glabrous (
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). The palynological study revealed typical spheroidal
<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF93FFA0FC352E8C753C1692" authorityName="Velloso ex Vandelli" authorityYear="1788" box="[938,1064,194,220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="5" pageNumber="234" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FC352E8C753C1692" box="[938,1064,194,220]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">Mendoncia</emphasis>
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5-aperturated pollen grains poorly ornamented, finely rugulate exine in the interapertural surfaces, as found by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD11CC0FF93FFA0FC682EA8743B174E" author="Magnaghi, E. B. &amp; Daniel, T. F." box="[1015,1327,230,256]" pageId="5" pageNumber="234" pagination="37 - 94" refId="ref3749" refString="Magnaghi, E. B., Daniel, T. F. (2017) Systematics of Mendoncia (Acanthaceae: Thunbergioideae) in the Paleotropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 64 (3): 37 - 94." type="journal article" year="2017">Magnaghi &amp; Daniel (2017)</bibRefCitation>
in African species of the genus (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FF1729E871E311F2" bold="true" box="[136,247,1958,1980]" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
. SEM of leaf blade and bracteole of
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FDC629E9720A11F2" box="[601,798,1959,1980]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">Mendoncia amabilis</emphasis>
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and similar species. AB.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FB8029E9758611F2" box="[1055,1170,1959,1980]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">M. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A. Leaf-blade. B. Bracteole. CD.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FF5E2985707111AE" box="[193,357,1995,2016]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. C. Leaf-blade. D. Bracteole. EF.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FD5F2985723B11AE" box="[704,815,1995,2016]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. E. Leaf-blade. F. Bracteole. AB. from
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FB5E298574BF11AE" box="[1217,1451,1995,2016]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">Z. Cordero-P. et al. 407</emphasis>
(COL!). C.D.
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FE9029A1731C1E4A" box="[271,520,2031,2052]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">J.T.F. Guimarães et al. 34</emphasis>
(MG!). EF.
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF93FFA0FD1429A175131E4A" box="[651,1031,2031,2052]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="234">L. Castaño-Rosalba &amp; G.E. Muñoz 148</emphasis>
(HUA!).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFF6131FF90FFA3FF172DA9745A126F" blockId="6.[136,1451,999,1058]" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FF172DA971E915B3" bold="true" box="[136,253,999,1021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Bracteole morphology of
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FD972DA673D915B3" box="[520,717,1000,1021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Mendoncia amabilis</emphasis>
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and similar species. A.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FC2C2DA6753215B3" box="[947,1062,1000,1021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. amabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. B.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FBD12DA675E715B3" box="[1102,1267,1000,1021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. C.
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FA842DA6749D15B3" box="[1307,1417,1000,1021]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A. from
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FF222A42708B126F" box="[189,415,1036,1057]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Z. Cordero-P. et al. 407</emphasis>
(COL!). B.
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FD8A2A42721A126F" box="[533,782,1036,1057]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">J.T.F. Guimarães et al. 34</emphasis>
(MG!). C.
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FCE52A4275E2126F" box="[890,1270,1036,1057]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">L. Castaño-Rosalba &amp; G.E. Muñoz 148</emphasis>
(HUA!).
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FF172A1C71E01224" bold="true" box="[136,244,1106,1130]" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">TABLE 1</emphasis>
. Comparison of diagnostic morphological characters of
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FCD12A1C753C1224" box="[846,1064,1106,1130]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Mendoncia amabilis</emphasis>
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and similar species.
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<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2A35704D12DF" box="[144,345,1147,1169]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Character</th>
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<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF90FFA3FEE42A3570FC12DE" authorityName="F. A. Silva" authorityYear="2023" box="[379,488,1147,1168]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="235" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="amabilis">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FEE42A3570FC12DE" box="[379,488,1147,1168]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. amabilis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C401AB2FF90FFA3FD782A35729612DE" authorityName="Nees" authorityYear="1847" box="[743,898,1147,1168]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Mendoncia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="6" pageNumber="235" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="squamuligera">
<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FD782A35729612DE" box="[743,898,1147,1168]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. squamuligera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934BD23FF90FFA3FBA32A3575B012DE" box="[1084,1188,1147,1168]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">M. tonduzii</emphasis>
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<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2AED704D12F7" box="[144,345,1187,1209]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Branches</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42AED73D012F7" box="[379,708,1187,1209]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">pubescent</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782AED750612F7" box="[743,1042,1187,1209]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">strigose</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32AED748812F7" box="[1084,1436,1187,1209]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">densely pubescent</td>
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<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2A85748812AF" box="[144,1436,1227,1249]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2A85704D12AF" box="[144,345,1227,1249]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Petiole and pedicel</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42A8573D012AF" box="[379,708,1227,1249]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">strigose</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782A85750612AF" box="[743,1042,1227,1249]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">densely pubescent</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32A85748812AF" box="[1084,1436,1227,1249]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">densely pubescent</td>
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<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2ABD74881347" box="[144,1436,1267,1289]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2ABD704D1347" box="[144,345,1267,1289]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Base of leaf-blades</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42ABD73D01347" box="[379,708,1267,1289]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">rounded to obtuse</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782ABD75061347" box="[743,1042,1267,1289]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">attenuate to acute</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32ABD74881347" box="[1084,1436,1267,1289]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">cuneate</td>
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<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2B54704D137E" box="[144,345,1306,1328]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Leaf-blade (abaxially)</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42B5473D0137E" box="[379,708,1306,1328]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">strigose to glabrescent</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782B547506137E" box="[743,1042,1306,1328]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">densely pubescent</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32B547488137E" box="[1084,1436,1306,1328]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">densely pubescent</td>
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<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2B0C704D1316" box="[144,345,1346,1368]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Leaf venation</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42B0C73D01316" box="[379,708,1346,1368]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">camptodromous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782B0C75061316" box="[743,1042,1346,1368]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">eucamptodromous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32B0C74881316" box="[1084,1436,1346,1368]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">eucamptodromous</td>
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<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2B24748813CE" box="[144,1436,1386,1408]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2B24704D13CE" box="[144,345,1386,1408]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Bracteoles</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42B2473D013CE" box="[379,708,1386,1408]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">2.83.8 × 1.51.7 cm, membranous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782B24750613CE" box="[743,1042,1386,1408]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">3.54 × 11.3 cm, subcoriaceous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32B24748813CE" box="[1084,1436,1386,1408]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">33.8 × 11.3 cm, membranous</td>
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<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2BDC748813E6" box="[144,1436,1426,1448]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2BDC704D13E6" box="[144,345,1426,1448]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Calyx</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42BDC73D013E6" box="[379,708,1426,1448]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">hirsute</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782BDC750613E6" box="[743,1042,1426,1448]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">glabrous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32BDC748813E6" box="[1084,1436,1426,1448]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">puberulous</td>
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<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2BF47488139E" box="[144,1436,1466,1488]" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2BF4704D139E" box="[144,345,1466,1488]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Ovary</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42BF473D0139E" box="[379,708,1466,1488]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">sericeous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782BF47506139E" box="[743,1042,1466,1488]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">papillose-glandular</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32BF47488139E" box="[1084,1436,1466,1488]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">puberulous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35706373FF90005AFF0F2BAC748813B6" box="[144,1436,1506,1528]" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
<th id="76A10A0FFF90005AFF0F2BAC704D13B6" box="[144,345,1506,1528]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">Style</th>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFEE42BAC73D013B6" box="[379,708,1506,1528]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">proximally hirsute, distally glabrous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFD782BAC750613B6" box="[743,1042,1506,1528]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">glabrous</td>
<td id="76A10A0FFF90005AFBA32BAC748813B6" box="[1084,1436,1506,1528]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">proximally glandular, distally glabrous</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF6131FF90FFA3FF222867740D10C5" blockId="6.[136,1452,1577,1675]" pageId="6" pageNumber="235">
Considering that one of the collections of this new species remained unnamed and undescribed for more than 60 years suggests that the Amazonian flora is still in need of in depth field and collection studies, as already pointed out by several researchers (
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Flora Group [BFG] 2015,
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