taxonID	type	description	language	source
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	description	Figs 2 D – F, 4	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from M. oligochaeta Wurdack by the modally shorter leaves, 2.7 – 4.6 × 1.2 – 3.3 mm (vs. 4 – (5 – 7) × 3 – 5 mm in M. oligochaeta), that are imbricate to subimbricate (vs. not imbricate), with both surfaces only glandular-punctate (vs. with sparse eglandular trichomes on both surfaces), 1 - nerved (vs. 3 - nerved), and flowers with shorter calyx lobes, 1.5 – 1.9 mm long (vs. 2.7 – 3.2 mm long), and a yellow style (vs. pink or white).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	description	Description. Copiously branched erect shrubs ca. 0.5 m tall. Branchlets light green (when fresh), quadrangular, glandular-punctate, and sparsely covered with eglandular trichomes 0.5 – 1.2 mm long, the stem angles unwinged. Leaves ascending (when fresh), flat, decussate, ca. 2 times longer than the internodes, on flattened petioles 0.5 – 0.8 mm long; blades 2.7 – 4.6 × 1.2 – 3.3 mm, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, papyraceous, both surfaces vivid green when fresh, pale green when dry, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire and ciliate with eglandular trichomes 0.5 – 1.2 mm long, the apex acute to rounded, 1 - nerved from the base, venation slightly impressed on the abaxial surface and inconspicuous on the adaxial surface, both surfaces densely glandular-punctate. Flowers (4 -) 5 - merous on inconspicuous pedicels 0.3 – 0.4 mm long, solitary, terminal, sometimes clustered at the apex of the branchlets. Hypanthia (at anthesis) 2.6 – 2.8 mm long, 2.0 – 2.5 mm wide at the torus, yellowish green when fresh, turning brown when dry, campanulate, densely glandular-punctate. Calyx tubes 0.2 – 0.4 mm long; calyx lobes (at anthesis) 1.5 – 1.9 mm long (excluding apical trichome), 0.9 – 1.1 mm wide at the base, triangular, apex acute terminating in an eglandular, persistent trichome ca. 1.0 – 1.2 mm long, externally glandular-punctate, the margin entire and ciliate with eglandular trichomes ca. 1.8 – 2.8 mm long, each calyx lobe also alternating with one or a few eglandular, persistent trichomes ca. 1.8 – 2.8 mm long. Petals 9 – 11 × 5 – 7 mm, widely obovate, pink, margin entire, apex bluntly acute to obtuse or emarginate, both surfaces glabrous. Stamens (8) 10, dimorphic, entirely yellow; larger (antesepalous) stamens (4) 5, filaments 4.2 – 4.4 mm long, pedoconnectives 6.6 – 6.9 mm long, appendages 1.3 – 1.5 mm long, apex truncate, thecae 2.0 – 2.4 mm long (excluding the rostrum), oblong, yellow, externally corrugated (polysporangiate), rostra 0.3 – 0.5 mm long, white, the circular pores 0.1 – 0.3 mm wide, ventrally inclined; smaller (antepetalous) stamens (4) 5, filaments 3.2 – 3.6 mm long, pedoconnectives 2.7 – 2.9 mm long, appendages 0.9 – 1.0 mm long, apex truncate, thecae 1.8 – 2.0 mm long (excluding rostra), oblong, yellow becoming brownish in post-anthesis, externally corrugated (polysporangiate), rostra 0.3 – 0.5 mm long, the circular pores 0.1 – 0.2 mm wide, ventrally inclined. Ovaries ca. 2.1 × 1.4 mm, ovoid, superior, glabrous, 3 - locular; styles 6.6 – 7.1 mm long, linear, yellow, stigma punctiform. Loculicidal capsules 3.6 – 3.8 × 2.5 – 2.9 mm when mature, ovoid, brownish when dry, initially enveloped by the constricted hypanthium at the apex (neck ca. 0.6 mm long), then tardily rupturing and flaking away with age, the apex not exceeding the torus, dehiscent from the apex to the base, columellas caducous. Seeds not seen.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat, and phenology. Like M. integra, M. flavistyla is known only from the Serra de Ibitiara (western Bahia; Fig. 5), where it has been found on campo rupestre at 1,238 m elevation (Fig. 2 A). Collected flowering and fruiting in January.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet flavistyla is derived from the Latin flavus (“ yellow ”) and stylus (“ style ”), referring to the species’ distinctive yellow styles. This contrasts with its closest relatives, in which the styles are pink or white.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2 B, C	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from M. minima Markgr. by the petiolate leaves (vs. sessile in M. minima), each calyx lobe alternating with an eglandular trichome 0.7 – 1 mm long (vs. these trichomes absent), petals entirely pink (vs. magenta with a cream base) that are 7 – 11 mm long (vs. 4.5 – 6 mm long), and dimorphic stamens (vs. isomorphic to subisomorphic).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	description	Description. Copiously branched erect shrubs 0.3 – 1.3 m tall. Branchlets light green (when fresh), quadrangular, glandular-punctate, the stem angles with inconspicuous narrow wings ca. 0.1 mm wide. Leaves ascending (when fresh), flat, decussate, ca. 2 times longer than the internodes, on short flattened petioles 0.2 – 0.6 mm long; blades 1.8 – 3.9 (– 4.5) × 0.7 – 1.2 (– 1.6) mm, narrowly elliptic, papyraceous, both surfaces vivid green when fresh, pale green when dry, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire, the apex acute to obtuse, 1 - nerved from the base, venation slightly impressed on the abaxial surface and inconspicuous on the adaxial surface, both surfaces densely glandular-punctate. Flowers 5 - merous on inconspicuous pedicels 0.3 – 0.4 mm long, solitary, terminal, not clustered at the apex of the branchlets. Hypanthia (at anthesis) 2.4 – 2.7 mm long, 2.5 – 3 mm wide at the torus, yellowish green when fresh, turning brown when dry, campanulate, densely glandular-punctate. Calyx tubes 0.1 – 0.3 mm long; calyx lobes (at anthesis) 1.6 – 2.0 mm long (excluding apical trichome), 0.9 – 1.3 mm wide at the base, triangular, apex acute terminating in an eglandular trichome ca. 0.4 – 0.5 mm long (tardily deciduous), externally glandular-punctate, the margin entire and glabrous, each calyx lobe alternating with an eglandular trichome ca. 0.7 – 1 mm long (tardily deciduous). Petals 7 – 11 × 5 – 7 mm, widely obovate, pink, margin entire, apex rounded to bluntly acute, both surfaces glabrous. Stamens 10, dimorphic; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments 3.6 – 4.3 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 6.1 – 6.9 mm long, yellow, appendages 1.3 – 1.6 mm long, yellow, apex truncate to slightly emarginate, thecae 1.9 – 2.1 mm long (excluding rostra), oblong, yellow, externally corrugated (polysporangiate), rostra 0.4 – 0.5 mm long, white, the circular pores 0.2 – 0.3 mm wide, ventrally inclined; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments 3.2 – 3.8 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 2.9 – 3.3 mm long, yellow, appendages 0.9 – 1.1 mm long, apex truncate, thecae 1.3 – 1.6 mm long (excluding rostra), oblong, yellow becoming brownish in post-anthesis, externally corrugated (polysporangiate), rostra 0.3 – 0.5 mm long, the circular pores 0.1 – 0.2 mm wide, ventrally inclined. Ovaries ca. 1.6 × 1.3 mm, subglobose, superior, glabrous, 3 - locular; styles 7.1 – 8.5 mm long, linear, pink with a yellow base, stigma punctiform. Loculicidal capsules 2.7 – 2.9 × 2.3 – 2.7 mm (immature), ovoid, brownish when dry, initially enveloped by the ± constricted hypanthium at the apex, then tardily rupturing and flaking away with age, the apex not exceeding the torus, dehiscent from the apex to the base, columellas caducous. Seeds not seen.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat, and phenology. Known only from the Serra de Ibitiara (western Bahia; Fig. 3), where it has been collected on campo rupestre between 1,096 and 1,218 m elevation (Fig. 2 A), growing on white sand. Collected flowering and fruiting in September and November.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet integra comes from the Latin integer (“ entire, complete ”), referring to the fact that this species bears petals that are entirely pink. In contrast, in its closest relative, M. minima, the petals have a cream base.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Engels, Mathias Erich, Goldenberg, Renato (2025): Two new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) from unprotected campo rupestre in the western Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. PhytoKeys 266: 253-265, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.158601
