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<mods:title>Systematics of the Trembleya sensu stricto clade of Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Pacifico, Ricardo</mods:namePart>
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5. 
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Microlicia laniflora A habit B leaf abaxial surface C bracteole abaxial surface D flower in lateral view E flowering hypanthium F petal adaxial surface G detail of indumentum on the apex of the petal H antepetalous (behind) and antesepalous (in front) stamens I gynoecium J ovary in cross-section K capsule enveloped by the hypanthium. Drawn from Almeda et al. 7726 (UEC) and Almeda et al. 9197 (UEC)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.216.91032.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/784274" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Melastoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Melastoma laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">Melastoma laniflora</taxonomicName>
D.Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 4: 292. 1823. 
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. Type: Brazil. &quot;in Brazilia&quot;, 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F. Sellow s.n.</emphasis>
(lectotype, designated here: K [K00957812]!; probable isolectotypes: K [K00957818]!, P [P005317063]!, P [P005317064]!, P [P005317070]!; image of lectotype is available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000957812).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya lychnitis" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lychnitis">Trembleya lychnitis</taxonomicName>
Schrank &amp; Mart. ex DC., Prod. 3: 126. 1828. Type: Brazil. &quot;In Brasiliae lapidosis apricis ad latera montium prov. Min. gener.&quot; [Minas Gerais], 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C.F.P. Martius s.n.</emphasis>
(lectotype, designated here: G [G00368004]!; isolectotype: M [M0165875]!).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">Trembleya laniflora</taxonomicName>
(D.Don) Cogn. in Martius et al., Fl. Bras. 14(3): 130. 1883.Type: Based on 
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D.Don.
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora subsp. var. var. acutifolia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" subSpecies="var." variety="acutifolia">Trembleya laniflora var. acutifolia</taxonomicName>
Cogn. in Martius et al., Fl. Bras. 14(3): 131. 1883. 
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Type: Brazil. &quot;Brasilia meridionalis, ad Serra da S. Antonio&quot; [Minas Gerais], 1878, 
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(lectotype, designated here: K [K00530655]!; isolectotype: P [P00723419]!; image of lectotype available at http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000530655).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora subsp. var. var. genuina" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" subSpecies="var." variety="genuina">Trembleya laniflora var. genuina</taxonomicName>
Cogn. in Martius et al., Fl. Bras. 14(3): 130. 1883. 
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Type: Brazil. &quot;Minas Geraes&quot; [Minas Gerais], 1840, 
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(lectotype, designated here: BR [BR0000005228225]!, isolectotype: BR [BR0000005227891]!).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora subsp. var. var. grandifolia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" subSpecies="var." variety="grandifolia">Trembleya laniflora var. grandifolia</taxonomicName>
Cogn. in Martius et al. Fl. Bras. 14(3):131. 1883. 
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Type: Brazil. &quot;ad Pico 
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et ad Caxoeira do Campo&quot; [Minas Gerais, Itabira and Cachoeira do Campo], 
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(lectotype, designated here: P [P005317085]!; isolectotypes: BM [BM00516949]!, G [G00368005]!, G [G00318589]!, GH [GH00053137]!, L [L00056323]!, L [L00056324]!, M [M0165876]!, M [M0165877]!, M [M0165878]!, P [P005317086]!, S [S09-12961]!; image of lectotype is available at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p05317085).
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora subsp. var. var. intermedia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" subSpecies="var." variety="intermedia">Trembleya laniflora var. intermedia</taxonomicName>
Cogn. in Martius et al., Fl. Bras. 14(3):130. 1883. 
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Type: Brazil. &quot;In prov. Minas 
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loco haud indicato&quot; [Minas Gerais], 
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(lectotype, designated here: BM [BM00525899]!; isolectotypes: G [G00318586]!, GH [GH00053136]!, NY [NY00245856]!, P [P005317081]!, R [R000168426]! US [US00623967]!; image of isolectotype at P is available at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/p/p05317081).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Erect shrubs or treelets 0.5-3.5 m tall. Branchlet surfaces concealed by a lanose indumentum of eglandular trichomes 0.1-0.5 mm long, whitish (when fresh). Internodes 0.7-4.5 cm long, angles unwinged. Petioles 6-11 mm long. Leaf blades 20-39 mm long, 9-25 mm wide, coriaceous (when dry), ovate, elliptic or narrowly elliptic, adaxial surface green and partially covered by a thin layer of whitish indumentum, abaxial surface totally concealed by the white lanose indumentum (when fresh), adaxial surface blackened, abaxial surface hidden by the white to pale brown lanose indumentum (when dry), discoloured (when dry), base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to rounded, margin flat, entire and minutely granulose and becoming glabrescent with age, 5-nerved from the base, one pair of acrodromous veins and one pair of tenuous veins close to the margin, tertiaries evident on the abaxial surface, nearly perpendicular to the mid-vein, little reticulate and branching apically, adaxial surface glandular-punctate, usually pruinose and becoming glabrescent with age, abaxial surface densely covered with lanose eglandular trichomes 0.1-0.5 mm long. Inflorescences simple dichasia or reduced to solitary flowers, usually congested. Bracts (including petioles) 1-1.9 cm long, 0.3-0.8 cm wide, 3-nerved, ovate, elliptical or narrowly elliptic, indumentum like that of the 
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leaves. Bracteoles (at anthesis) with petioles 4-6 mm long and blades eventually linear and rudimentary, blades (when well-developed) 2.2-4.4 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, linear to elliptic, base attenuate, apex rounded, margin entire, 1-nerved, indumentum like that of the principal leaves. Flowers 5(-6)-merous, pedicels (at anthesis) 0.7-2.0 mm long. Hypanthia (at anthesis) 5.0-6.5 mm long, 4.5-5.2 mm wide at the torus, campanulate to urceolate, surface hidden by the whitish lanose indumentum composed of eglandular trichomes 0.1-0.5 mm long. Calyx tubes 1.0-2.0 mm long. Calyx lobes (at anthesis) 7.9-9.7 mm long, 2.0-2.7 mm wide at the base, subulate, apex acute, margin entire, (when fresh) surface hidden by the whitish lanose indumentum composed of eglandular trichomes 0.1-0.5 mm long. Petals 19-26 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, white, rarely with pink stains at the apical region, obovate, apex emarginate, margin entire and ciliate with eglandular trichomes 0.1-0.4 mm long at the apical region, both surfaces glabrous. Stamens 10(-12), strongly dimorphic. Larger (antesepalous) stamens 5(-6), filaments 5.2-6.3 mm long, white, pedoconnectives 6.1-7.3 mm long, white to light yellow, appendages 1.9-3.0 mm long, yellow, apex emarginate, thecae (excluding rostra) 2.3-2.7 mm long, vinaceous, oblong, rostra 0.4-0.6 mm long, the circular pores ca. 0.2 mm wide. Smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5(6), filaments 4.0-5.4 mm long, white, pedoconnectives 0.8-1.1 mm long, yellow, inconspicuous appendages ca. 0.1 mm long, yellow, apex emarginate, thecae (excluding rostra) 2.4-2.6 mm long, yellow, oblong, rostra 0.3-0.6 mm long, the circular pores ca. 0.2 mm wide. Ovary 2.5-4.0 mm long, 1.7-2.0 mm wide, globose to cyclindrical, 5-locular. Style 6.5-8.0 mm long, white. Capsules (at maturity) 5.0-8.0 mm long, 5.0-6.0 mm wide, globose, initially enveloped by the hypanthium, torus constricted at the apex, fruiting calyx tubes 2.0-3.1 mm long, fruiting calyx lobes 9.0-11.5 mm long, not thickened. Seeds ca. 0.8 mm long, reniform.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 23.</emphasis>
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habit 
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leaf abaxial surface 
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bracteole abaxial surface 
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flower in lateral view 
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flowering hypanthium 
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petal adaxial surface 
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detail of indumentum on the apex of the petal 
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antepetalous (behind) and antesepalous (in front) stamens 
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gynoecium 
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ovary in cross-section 
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capsule enveloped by the hypanthium. Drawn from Almeda et al. 7726 (UEC) and Almeda et al. 9197 (UEC).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution, habitat and elevation range.</paragraph>
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Endemic to central and southern Minas Gerais (Fig. 
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), mainly at Serra de Ouro Branco, Serra do Itacolomi, Serra do 
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, Serra da Piedade, Serra da Moeda, Serra do 
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, Serra do Gandarela, Serra de Lavras Novas, Serra dos Alves, Serra de Itabirito, Serra do 
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, Serra do Curral, Serra de Taquaril, Serra do Garimpo, Serra do Belo Vale, Diamantina Plateau and mountains in the Municipalities of Brumadinho and Mariana. It occurs on quartzitic or ferrugineous campo rupestre exposed to full sun at elevations between 868 and 1540 m.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ecology.</paragraph>
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has a symbiotic relationship with arbuscular mycorrhizae (
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). This is likely related to phosphorus and nitrogen acquisition strategies (
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). This species easily colonises degraded campo rupestre areas and has been recommended for ecological restoration (
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). According to 
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, its leaves develop increased asymmetry when damaged by insects. 
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reported the use of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for nesting by the endemic hummingbird, Hyacinth Visorbearer (
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Temminck" baseAuthorityYear="1824" class="Aves" family="Trochilidae" genus="Augastes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Augastes scutatus" order="Apodiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scutatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Augastes scutatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), in campo rupestre at the Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="uses">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Uses.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Leaf and stem extracts from 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Microlicia laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Microlicia laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have antimicrobial activity against 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosenbach" authorityYear="1884" class="Bacilli" family="Staphylococcaceae" genus="Staphylococcus" kingdom="Bacteria" lsidName="Staphylococcus aureus" order="Bacillales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Firmicutes" rank="species" species="aureus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Staphylococcus aureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Cohn" authorityYear="1872" baseAuthorityName="Schroeter" baseAuthorityYear="1872" class="Insecta" family="Micrococcidae" genus="Micrococcus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Micrococcus luteus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Micrococcus luteus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.40.7.542.14682" author="Cota, BB" journalOrPublisher="Pharmaceutical Biology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="542 - 547" refId="B41" refString="Cota, BB, Oliveira, AB, Ventura, CP, Mendonca, MP, Braga, FC, 2002. Antimicrobial activity of plant species from a Brazilian hotspot for conservation priority. Pharmaceutical Biology 40 (7): 542 - 547, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.40.7.542.14682" title="Antimicrobial activity of plant species from a Brazilian hotspot for conservation priority." url="https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.40.7.542.14682" volume="40" year="2002">Cota et al. 2002</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2007000100005" author="Ventura, CP" journalOrPublisher="Cotinga" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B147" refString="Ventura, CP, Oliveira, AB, Braga, FC, 2007a. Antimicrobial activity of Trembleya laniflora, Xyris platystachia and Xyris pterygoblephara. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 17(1): 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2007000100005" title="Antimicrobial activity of Trembleya laniflora, Xyris platystachia and Xyris pterygoblephara. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 17 (1): 17 - 22." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2007000100005" year="2007 a">Ventura et al. 2007a</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="conservation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Conservation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
This species is known from more than 100 herbarium specimens making it one of the better sampled species in the 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trembleya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
s.s. clade. However, this sampling is geographically biased towards the surroundings of the MG-010 highway, where more than a half of these collections were made. The MG-010 highway is the main road crossing the mountains at south-eastern Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
and provides easy access to large populations of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The EOO is 19,113.356 km2 and the AOO is 248 km2. Based on 
<bibRefCitation author="Ionta, G" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Plant Sciences" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" refId="B61" refString="2019. . http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" url="http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf" year="2019">IUCN (2019)</bibRefCitation>
recommendations and criteria, we suspect that this species would be classified as Vulnerable (VU): B2ab(iii). Several populations of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occur within the following conservation units: Parque Estadual Serra do Ouro Branco, Parque Estadual do Biribiri, Parque Estadual de Itacolomi, Monumento Natural Estadual Serra da Piedade, Monumento Natural Estadual Serra da Moeda, Parque Estadual da Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rola-Moça">Rola-Moca</normalizedToken>
, Parque Nacional da Serra do Gandarela, Parque Nacional da Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
and RPPN Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Caraça">Caraca</normalizedToken>
(Natural Heritage Private Reserve), where 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is afforded protection.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="recognition and affinities">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Recognition and affinities.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Microlicia laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Microlicia laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be recognised by its branches, abaxial surfaces of the leaves and hypanthia that are densely covered by a lanose indumentum, white petals (rarely flushed with pink) that are 19.0-26.0 mm long and subulate calyx lobes 7.9-9.7 mm long. It appears to be most closely related to 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. pentagona" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pentagona">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. pentagona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. chamissoana" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="chamissoana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. chamissoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Microlicia laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Microlicia laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. pentagona" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pentagona">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. pentagona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the branches, abaxial foliar surfaces and hypanthia densely covered by the lanose indumentum (vs. appearing glabrous, vernicose and minutely granulose), leaves with longer petioles 6.0-11.0 mm long (vs. 0.4-2.5 mm long) and margins entire throughout (vs. serrulate on the upper half), longer hypanthia 5.0-6.5 mm long (vs. 2.5-3.5 mm long) and longer petals 19.0-26.0 mm long (vs. 11.8-13.8 mm long), that are white, rarely flushed with pink (vs. magenta). For additional comparisons, see comments under 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. chamissoana" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="chamissoana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. chamissoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The four varieties proposed by 
<bibRefCitation author="Cogniaux, A" journalOrPublisher="G. Masson, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B38" refString="Cogniaux, A, 1883-1888. Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14(3-4). Fleischer, Monachii." title="Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14 (3 - 4). Fleischer, Monachii." year="1883 - 1888">Cogniaux (1883-1888)</bibRefCitation>
were based mainly on differences in petiole length, leaf size and leaf shape. An examination of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cogniuax’s">Cogniuax's</normalizedToken>
varieties and many additional collections showed these purported differences to be inconsistent with much size overlap in the characters he used to delimit his infraspecific taxa. The ovate leaf shape that 
<bibRefCitation author="Cogniaux, A" journalOrPublisher="G. Masson, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B38" refString="Cogniaux, A, 1883-1888. Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14(3-4). Fleischer, Monachii." title="Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14 (3 - 4). Fleischer, Monachii." year="1883 - 1888">Cogniaux (1883-1888)</bibRefCitation>
attributed only to 
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is present in most of the individuals examined, along with a great deal of variation in leaf and petioles sizes. 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Cavalcanti et al. CFSC10628</emphasis>
(UEC), for example, has ovate leaves (a feature attributed only to 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya laniflora subsp. var. var. genuina" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" subSpecies="var." variety="genuina">Trembleya laniflora var. genuina</taxonomicName>
) and well-developed petioles (a feature attributed to the varieties 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya intermedia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="intermedia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trembleya intermedia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya grandifolia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="grandifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trembleya grandifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya acutifolia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acutifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Trembleya acutifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This specimen could be identified as 
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since its leaf measurements match those of the protologue (3-4 cm long). However, when comparing the Cavalcanti specimen with the type of var. 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Trembleya" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trembleya var. intermedia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="laniflora" variety="intermedia">Trembleya intermedia</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gardner 4601</emphasis>
), it is clear that this variety has lanceolate leaves that are very distinct from the ovate leaves of 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Cavalcanti et al. CFSC10628</emphasis>
. Characters, such as leaf shape and size, also vary along branches of a single individual and, thus, do not constitute good diagnostic features to delimit varieties of this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
According to 
<bibRefCitation author="Cogniaux, A" journalOrPublisher="G. Masson, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B38" refString="Cogniaux, A, 1883-1888. Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14(3-4). Fleischer, Monachii." title="Melastomaceae. In: Martius CFP, Eichler AG, Urban M (Eds) Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 14 (3 - 4). Fleischer, Monachii." year="1883 - 1888">Cogniaux (1883-1888)</bibRefCitation>
, some of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Glaziou’s">Glaziou's</normalizedToken>
collections of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(his numbers 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14740</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14741</emphasis>
) were made &quot;in prov. Rio de Janeiro&quot; [Rio de Janeiro State]. On the other hand, 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" author="Glaziou, AFM" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="201 - 296" refId="B53" refString="Glaziou, AFM, 1908. [&quot;1905&quot;] Liste des plantes du Bresil central. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 54: 201 - 296, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" title="[&quot; 1905 &quot;] Liste des plantes du Bresil central." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" volume="54" year="1908">Glaziou (1908</bibRefCitation>
: 251) asserts that his number 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14740</emphasis>
came from &quot;Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Caraça">Caraca</normalizedToken>
, au Morro do Inficionado&quot; and the number 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14741</emphasis>
came from &quot;Campo de 
<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sebastião">Sebastiao</normalizedToken>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="prés">pres</normalizedToken>
Ouro Preto&quot;, both sites located in Minas Gerais State. The labels of 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Glaziou 14740</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">14741</emphasis>
from P had annotations of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="collections’">collections'</normalizedToken>
sites similar to those shown in 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" author="Glaziou, AFM" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="201 - 296" refId="B53" refString="Glaziou, AFM, 1908. [&quot;1905&quot;] Liste des plantes du Bresil central. Bulletin de la Societe Botanique de France 54: 201 - 296, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" title="[&quot; 1905 &quot;] Liste des plantes du Bresil central." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4336" volume="54" year="1908">Glaziou (1908)</bibRefCitation>
, while a duplicate of 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Glaziou 14740</emphasis>
from K has a label that says &quot;14741 the same&quot; and the location site is cited as &quot;Environs de Rio de Janeiro et Ouro Preto&quot;. Due to these contradictions, the cited collections were not used for the geographical distribution summary of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. laniflora" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="laniflora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The discordant data on 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Glaziou’s">Glaziou's</normalizedToken>
collections of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Melastomataceae</taxonomicName>
have been noted by 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2307/1218309" author="Wurdack, JJ" journalOrPublisher="Taxon" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="911 - 913" refId="B153" refString="Wurdack, JJ, 1970. Erroneous data in Glaziou collections of Melastomataceae. Taxon 19 (6): 911 - 913, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1218309" title="Erroneous data in Glaziou collections of Melastomataceae." url="https://doi.org/10.2307/1218309" volume="19" year="1970">Wurdack (1970)</bibRefCitation>
for other collections of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Melastomataceae</taxonomicName>
, such as 
<taxonomicName class="Eudicots" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Clidemia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Clidemia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Clidemia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Raddi" authorityYear="1820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Memecylaceae" genus="Leandra" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Leandra" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Leandra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Macairea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Macairea" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Macairea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Miconia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Miconia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Miconia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Memecylaceae" genus="Rhynchanthera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rhynchanthera" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Rhynchanthera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Tibouchina" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tibouchina" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Tibouchina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aublet" authorityYear="1775" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Tococa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,IPNI" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Tococa" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Tococa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This is the first report of dubious geographic information for a species of 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" genus="Microlicia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Microlicia" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Microlicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We found similar contradictory information on labels of 
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Glaziou 14746</emphasis>
which is discussed in the comments under 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. pithyoides" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pithyoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. pithyoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<collectingCountry name="Brazil">Brazil</collectingCountry>
. 
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Minas Gerais">Minas Gerais</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Barão">Barao</normalizedToken>
de Cocais Municipality
</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Serra do Garimpo</collectingMunicipality>
, Hensold 778 (SPF, US), Semir et al. 28809 (UEC), Souza 1606 (BHCB); Belo Horizonte Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:AF56226D42AED83C5C0798CFEA8FA015" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Taquaril" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Serra do Taquaril</location>
- Serra do Curral, Barreto 6769 (SP), Ducke s.n. (RB [241970]), Ferreira 5544 (HUFU), Roth s.n. (BHCB, CESJ, CTES, ESA, R, RB, SP, UB, UPCB), 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:28A77ACE6F23519C41A76E8A8BD5FA7E" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Morro do Chapeu" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Morro do 
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, 
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28574 (HUFU), Brumadinho Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:EDC189729D44DAFFAA16B2F77B74F1B2" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Rola-Moca" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Rola-Moça">Rola-Moca</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Carmo 4819 (BHCB), 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:50F5DF9BD07D8C695B4D623FBF94F209" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra da Calcada" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra da 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Calçada">Calcada</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Martens 7 (SPF), Martens 383 (SPF), 
<collectorName>Retiro das Pedras</collectorName>
, Carvalho s.n. (HUFU [39992]), 
<collectorName>Stehmann</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Morais</collectorName>
2650 (BHCB); 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Caeté">Caete</normalizedToken>
Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:E563D2D18A03BD2E7358A3EC04DF177E" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Gandarela" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Serra do Gandarela</location>
, Damazio 1025 (RB); Catas Altas Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:6350F299009057ECBAD3B6E4ABC5E863" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Caraca" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Caraça">Caraca</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Vasconcelos s.n. (SPF [145870, 145871]); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:E50894FF370F2F3C50C8133C3460A890" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Conceicao do Mato Dentro Municipality" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Conceição">Conceicao</normalizedToken>
do Mato Dentro Municipality
</location>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:DAD950794666E579A954C9C4A312D7D0" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Cipo" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Macedo 3758 (S), 
<collectorName>Martinelli</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Tavora</collectorName>
2583 (RB); Diamantina Municipality, &quot;Diamantina Plateau&quot;, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Araújo">Araujo</normalizedToken>
et al. 323 (HUFU, RB, UEC), Brade 13735 (NY, RB, US), Franco et al. 1270 (HUFU), Hatschbach et al. 27400 (K, MBM, UPCB), Hatschbach et al. 68138 (MBM, UPCB), 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Leitão">Leitao</normalizedToken>
et al. 17281 (RB, UEC), Lima et al. 49 (SPF), Maguire et al. 49140 (NY), Marques et al. 274 (HUFU), Mello et al. 61 (HUFU), Vauthier 37 (P); Itabira Municipality, Martius 930 (GH, K, NY, P), Torres s.n. (RB [241965]); Itabirito Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:C8FE78D99CE16B4290D01C518A38B387" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Itabirito" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Serra do Itabirito</location>
, Irwin 19974 (NY), Irwin et al. 19974 (K, NY, US), Krieger 10641 (CESJ, ESA, HUFU, MBM), Lima et al. 1443 (RB), Teixeira s.n. (BHCB [21783], HUFU [19443]); Jaboticatubas Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:4E7C4C30DBFBA1A2D56015236F9F70EB" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Cipo" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
</location>
, 
<collectorName>Goldenberg</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Silveira</collectorName>
1573 (UPCB); Mariana Municipality, Collo et al. s.n. (SPF [62806]), Messias et al. 1922 (OUPR, RB); Nova Lima Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:18496BEE5B874E006112870146825A47" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Curral" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Serra do Curral</location>
, 
<collectorName>Nakajima</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Romero</collectorName>
3040 (HUFU), 
<collectorName>Pereira</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Pabst</collectorName>
3107 (RB), Sampaio 7194 (BHCB), 
<collectorName>Williams</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Assis</collectorName>
6352 (GH, NY); Ouro Branco Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:404585B12F6C473EEF0D5ADCB148070F" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra de Outro Branco" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Serra de Outro Branco</location>
, Almeda et al. 7726 (CAS, UEC), Almeda et al. 8395 (CAS, UEC), 
<collectorName>Alves</collectorName>
&amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Almeida-Lafetá">
<collectorName>Almeida-Lafeta</collectorName>
</normalizedToken>
5573 (R), Alves et al. 6925 (R), 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Araújo">Araujo</normalizedToken>
et al. 334 (ESA, RB), Arbo et al. 3906 (CTES, MBM, RB, SPF, UB), Delfini et al. 78 (ESA, HUFU, RB), Forzza et al. 993 (SPF), Nakajima et al. 4547 (HUFU), Paula et al. 136 (HUFU, VIC), Paula et al. 295 (HUFU, VIC), Paula et al. 8 (HUFU, VIC), 
<collectorName>Pereira</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Pabst</collectorName>
2944 (RB), Pirani et al. CFCR11211 (SPF), Rocha et al. 602 (BHCB, NY), Saraiva et al. 85 (OUPR, RB); Ouro Preto Municipality, 
<collectorName>Barreto</collectorName>
&amp; 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Viégas">
<collectorName>Viegas</collectorName>
</normalizedToken>
s.n. (IAC [6389]), Damazio 1540 (NY, US), Ferreira et al. 433 (HUFU), Fontana et al. 2288 (RB), Forzza et al. 6344 (OUPR, RB, UPCB), Forzza et al. 6359 (NY, OUPR, RB, UPCB), 
<collectorName>Groppo</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Ulwin</collectorName>
676 (SPF), Lima et al. 1296 (RB), Meireles et al 1362 (HUEM, UEC), Messias et al. 2151 (OUPR, RB), Rolim et al. 329 (HUFU, RB, VIC), Rolim et al. 386 (RB, VIC), Rolim et al. 61 (HUFU, VIC), Teixeira s.n. (SPF [114173]), Valente et al. 2574 (RB, VIC); Raposos Municipality, 
<collectorName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Tameirão">Tameirao</normalizedToken>
Neto
</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Mansur</collectorName>
4874 (BHCB); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:2BD6AE6ADB8494B01E6E630BB0478BD5" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Rio Acima Municipality" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Rio Acima Municipality</location>
[Gandarela], Emygdio 3314 (NY), Emygdio 3353 (NY); 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Sabará">Sabara</normalizedToken>
Municipality, Barreto 6771 (BHCB), Barreto 6772 (NY); Santa 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bárbara">Barbara</normalizedToken>
Municipality, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:4A33E9E1A74920C875C117814D43BC59" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Caraca" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Caraça">Caraca</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Almeda et al. 7753 (CAS, UEC), Almeda et al. 8862 (CAS, UEC), Arbo et al. 4030 (SPF), Barreto 706 (NY, UEC), Fraga et al. 3333 (NY, RB), Fraga et al. 3341 (NY, RB), Marcondes-Ferreira et al. 281 (SPF), 
<collectorName>Pirani</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Yano</collectorName>
696 (CAS, SPF), Pirani et al. 696 (SP, SPF), Rocha et al. 672 (BHCB, RB), Romero et al. 5307 (CAS, UEC), Tales et al. 17 (BHCB, HUFU), 
<collectorName>Temponi</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Vasconcelos</collectorName>
s.n. (BHCB [36249], HUFU [19313]), TSMG &amp; Tales 81 (BHCB, HUFU), Valente et al. 1229 (HUFU, VIC), Valente et al. 1230 (HUFU, VIC), Valente et al. 535 (HUFU, VIC); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:16B1A7C2C15AA2ACF256A189B5706F40" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Santana do Riacho Municipality" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Santana do Riacho Municipality</location>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:7F96A6B119127B0CFEC478E20E27203B" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Cipo" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Almeda et al. 8549 (CAS, UEC), Almeda et al. 9179 (CAS, UEC), Alves et al. 2109 (SPF), Andrade et al. 374 (BHZB, HUFU), Antar et al. 1662 (SPF), Borges et al. 153 (HUEFS, K, NY, SPF), Bruniera et al. 37 (HUFU, SPF), Castro et al. s.n. (HUEM [24842], HUFU [2254]), Ceccantini et al. 3914 (SPF), Chuckr et al. s.n. (HUEM [24776]), Cordeiro et al. CFSC10504 (SPF), Escaramai et al. 65 (SPF), 
<collectorName>Faria</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Mazucato</collectorName>
105 (SPF), Farinaccio et al. 36 (MBM, RB), Fernandes et al. 1468 (BHZB, HUFU), Forero et al. 7700 (SPF), Forero et al. 7831 (SPF), Giulietti et al. CFSC12564 (UEC), Kral et al. 72997 (CEN, SP), Kubo et al. 109 (SPF), Kubo et al. 125 (SPF), Maguire et al. 49016 (NY), 
<collectorName>Mattos</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Rizzini</collectorName>
107 (RB, US), 
<collectorName>Mattos</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Rizzini</collectorName>
480 (RB), Monge et al. 384 (UEC), Ordones et al. 1856 (BHZB, HUFU), Pacifico 185 (HUEM, SPF), 
<collectorName>Pena</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Viana</collectorName>
365 (SPF), 
<collectorName>Pereira</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Pabst</collectorName>
152 (HUEM), Pirani et al. 5082 (NY, SPF), 
<collectorName>Pires</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Braga</collectorName>
s.n. (CESJ [21520]), Reginato et al. 1401 (NY, UPCB), 
<collectorName>Sakuragui</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Souza</collectorName>
38 (ESA), Salatino et al. 14 (NY, SPF), Salatino et al. 18 (NY, SPF), Souza et al. 11565 (ESA, RB), Souza et al. 25181 (ESA), 
<collectorName>Stehmann</collectorName>
&amp; 
<collectorName>Morais</collectorName>
2354 (SPF), Verdi et al. 6501 (RB), Zappi et al. CFSC9353 (SPF); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:4647AD1002AF71E92463875622A0529C" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Santana do Riacho Municipality" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Santana do Riacho Municipality</location>
[
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Conceição">&quot;Conceicao</normalizedToken>
do Mato Dentro&quot;], 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:19E8DE7A60CB8C307B955311D356B3A5" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Cipo" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Marquete et al. 3817 (RB); 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:11A124202C1D9149C724136AF1F23117" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Santana do Riacho Municipality" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">Santana do Riacho Municipality</location>
[
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], 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8BAA1DD6BFC6599190E5FE9B2BD70381:C8362581C8C5520C4704CED5EED105C2" country="Brazil" county="Barao de Cocais Municipality" municipality="Serra do Garimpo" name="Serra do Cipo" stateProvince="Minas Gerais">
Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
</location>
, Joly CFSC2405 (SPF), Joly CFSC82 (SPF), Mantovani 99 (SP, SPF), Semir CFSC2005 (SP, SPF), Semir CFSC4133 (SPF), Semir CFSC5001 (SPF), Semir CFSC5068 (SPF); Serro, Semir et al CFCR230 (SPF); Unknown municipality, Bunge s.n. (P [P005317069]), Claussen 1 (BR, CAS), Claussen 1645 (P), Claussen 332A (BR), Claussen 554 (P), Claussen 640 (BR), Claussen 923 (CAS), Claussen s.n. (K [K00957804, K00957810, K00957811, K00957816], NY [NY00941988], P [P005317066, P005317067, P005317071, P005317072]), Gardner 4601 (BM, G, GH, K, NY, P, R, US), Glaziou 11953 (K), Glaziou 14740 (K, P), Glaziou 14741 (K, P), Glaziou s.n. (P [P005317096]), Gounelle s.n. (P [P005317089]), Lund 135 (C), Martius 930 (BM, G, GH, L, M, P, S), Martius s.n. (P [P005317088]), Netto s.n. (BR [BR0000005520688]), Raben 428 (S), Riedel s.n. (K [K00957817], P [P005317084]), Saint-Hilaire 216 (P), Sellow 1446 (BR, US), Sellow 1727 (P [P00723419]), Sellow s.n. (
<typeStatus>lectotype</typeStatus>
: K [K00957812]; probable isolectotypes: K [K00957818], P [P005317063, P005317064, P005317070]), Vauthier s.n. (P [P005317061])
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="putative hybrid">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Putative hybrid</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
(
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. laniflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Melastomataceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="M. pentagona" order="Myrtales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pentagona">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. pentagona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Brazil. Minas Gerais
</emphasis>
: Santana do Riacho Municipality [&quot;Santa Luzia&quot;], Serra do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Cipó">Cipo</normalizedToken>
, Barreto 7026 (BHCB).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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