A new species of Coccoloba P. Browne (Polygonaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon with exceptionally large leaves

ABSTRACT We describe and illustrate a new species of Coccoloba (Polygonaceae), named Coccoloba gigantifolia, from the Brazilian Amazon. It resembles Coccoloba mollis Casar, but differs from the latter species by its much larger leaves in the fertile branches. The species has only been recorded in th...

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Main Authors: Efigenia de MELO, Carlos Alberto CID FERREIRA, Rogério GRIBEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2019-11-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672019000400324&tlng=en