Two new species of Tynanthus Miers (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) from Brazil

By

Medeiros, Maria Cláudia
Lohmann, Lucia Garcez

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

42

Pages

77-85

Subjects

“cipó-cravo” , Amazonia , Atlantic forest , Lianas , neotropical flora

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.42.8210

 

Abstract

Tynanthus is a genus of lianas that is broadly distributed through the Neotropics. Two new species of Tynanthus from Brazil are here described and illustrated: T. densiflorus, from Amazonas, and T. espiritosantensis, from Espírito Santo. T. densiflorus is recognized by the conspicuous interpetiolar glandular fields, a feature rarely found in Tynanthus, and the dense thyrses. Tynanthus espiritosantensis, on the other hand, is recognized by the bromeliad-like prophylls of the axillary buds and the lax thyrses. Information on the distribution, conservation status and morphologically similar species are provided.