First record of Voyria caerulea Aubl. (Gentianaceae), a mycoheterotrophic plant, in Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

By

Ferreira, Alessandro Wagner Coelho
Calió, Maria Fernanda
Junior, Wagner Ribeiro Da Silva
Silva, Maycon Jordan Costa Da
De Oliveira, Miguel Sena
Oliveira Silva, Eduardo
Guarçoni, Elidio Armando Exposto
Carvalho, Andressa Ketilly Cabral De
De Figueiredo, Nivaldo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-10-5

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

833--837

Subjects

Brazilian flora , mycoheterophy , new occurrence

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.833

 

Abstract

We report the first record of Voyria caerulea from the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. A fertile specimen was collected in a gallery forest during the rainy season, within the boundaries of the municipality of São Raimundo das Mangabeiras. This find contributes to the knowledge on the micoheterotrophic flora of Maranhão and expands the geographic distribution of this species in Brazil. We also present a taxonomic description, illustrations, an occurrence map of the newly found population, and an identification key for all the species of Voyria that occur in Maranhão.