George Gardner's enigmatic species Goyaziavillosa (Gesneriaceae) finally rediscovered

(Gesneriaceae) was published by George Gardner in 1842, based on material he collected in Serra de Natividade (Tocantins, Brazil) in 1840. The species is now recognized as (Gardner) R.A. Howard. Since Gardner's travels in Central Brazil, this species had not been collected again and the taxon w...

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Published in:PhytoKeys 2024, Vol.246, p.265-276
Main Authors: Figueira, Maurício, Schindler, Bianca, Onofre de Araujo, Andréa, Chautems, Alain, Perret, Mathieu, da Silva, Nílber Gonçalves, Alves, Ruy José Válka, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity & Conservation
Biogeography
Brazil
Cenozoic
Conservation Biology
Gesneriaceae
Lamiales
Molecular systematics
Nomenclature
Phylogeny
South America
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Summary:(Gesneriaceae) was published by George Gardner in 1842, based on material he collected in Serra de Natividade (Tocantins, Brazil) in 1840. The species is now recognized as (Gardner) R.A. Howard. Since Gardner's travels in Central Brazil, this species had not been collected again and the taxon was considered as possibly extinct. After a long time, we report the discovery of two new populations of in the municipality of Palmas and in the Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins, ca. 200 and 100 km north of the Serra de Natividade, respectively. The newly collected materials allow us to better characterize the morphology and infer the phylogenetic placement of this poorly-known species. Here we demonstrate that is closely related to in a clade including and species, and provide an updated description of the species, including field images, photographic plate, information on its distribution and habitat, and a taxonomic key for the species of .
ISSN:1314-2011
1314-2003
DOI:10.3897/phytokeys.246.125734