Delimitation of the Alcantarea extensa complex (Bromeliaceae) and a new species from Espírito Santo, Brazil

Abstract The species complex related to Alcantarea extensa is presented and delimited as: A. extensa, A. vinicolor, A. burle-marxii, A. turgida, A. distractila, A. lurida, A. simplicisticha, A. nigripetala, A. mucilaginosa, and A. trepida. Alcantarea trepida, known from Espírito Santo state, southea...

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Main Authors: Leonardo M. Versieux, Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Rodriguésia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602010000300421&lng=en&tlng=en