identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.text	4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia flavistyla R. B. Pacifico, Almeda & R. Goldenb. 2025	<div><p>Microlicia flavistyla R. B. Pacifico, Almeda &amp; R. Goldenb. sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 2 D – F, 4</p><p>Type.</p><p>Brazil • Bahia: Ibitiara. Cadeia do Espinhaço, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.061943&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.529444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.061943/lat -12.529444)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°31'46"S, 42°03'43"W, 1,238 m, 15 Jan 2025, fl., M. E. Engels &amp; D. Liebsch 12720 (holotype: UPCB barcode UPCB 0095340!, isotypes: CAS!, RB!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>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).</p><p>Description.</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution, habitat, and phenology.</p><p>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.</p><p>Recognition.</p><p>Microlicia flavistyla can be recognized by its 1 - nerved, petiolate leaves, measuring 2.7–4.6 × 1.2–3.3 mm, with eglandular trichomes 0.5–1.2 mm long restricted to the margins; flowers with pink petals and yellow stamens and style; and polysporangiate anthers.</p><p>In addition to its similarities with M. oligochaeta (see diagnosis), it also resembles M. wurdackiana but differs in that its leaf blades are narrowly elliptic (vs. orbicular-elliptic), glandular-punctate on both surfaces (vs. covered with eglandular trichomes ca. 0.3 mm long on both surfaces), hypanthia only glandular-punctate (vs. densely covered with eglandular trichomes), and calyx lobes ciliate with trichomes 1.8–2.8 mm long (vs. margin of calyx lobes fringed and glandular-punctate). Like M. integra, M. flavistyla is also evidently allopatric with its morphologically closest relatives (Fig. 5). For a comparison with M. integra, see comments under that species.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>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.</p><p>Additional specimen examined (paratype).</p><p>Brazil • Bahia: Ibitiara. Cadeia do Espinhaço, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.061943&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.529444" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.061943/lat -12.529444)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°31'46"S, 42°03'43"W, 1,238 m, 15 January 2025, fr., M. E. Engels 12717 &amp; D. Liebsch (CAS!, RB!, UPCB!) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4422FC6FE6FD5C64993EE93E7FCCC126	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Pacifico, Ricardo;Almeda, Frank;Engels, Mathias Erich;Goldenberg, Renato	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.text	AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia integra R. B. Pacifico, Almeda & R. Goldenb. 2025	<div><p>Microlicia integra R. B. Pacifico, Almeda &amp; R. Goldenb. sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2 B, C</p><p>Type.</p><p>Brazil • Bahia: Ibitiara. Serra de Ibitiara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.09297&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.597222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.09297/lat -12.597222)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°35'50"S, 42°05'34.7"W, 1,218 m, 19 December 2024, fl. fr., R. Pacifico 736 &amp; I. V. Castro (holotype: UPCB barcode UPCB 0095366!, isotypes: CAS!, HUEFS!, RB!, SPF!) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>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).</p><p>Description.</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution, habitat, and phenology.</p><p>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.</p><p>Recognition.</p><p>Overall, M. integra can be recognized by its branches and leaves that are glandular-punctate, 1 - nerved, and petiolate; reduced blades 1.8–3.9 (– 4.5) mm long; triangular calyx lobes, each alternating with an eglandular trichome 0.7–1 mm long (tardily deciduous); petals entirely pink, and dimorphic stamens that are entirely yellow.</p><p>Besides M. minima (as detailed in the diagnosis), M. integra is also morphologically similar to M. pinheiroi . The new species differs by its modally shorter petioles, 0.2–0.6 mm long (vs. 0.6–1 mm long in M. pinheiroi); leaf blades 1.8–3.9 (– 4.5) mm long (vs. 4–6 mm long); shorter calyx lobes, 1.6–2.0 mm long (vs. 2.4–2.7 mm long); each calyx lobe alternating with an eglandular trichome ca. 0.7–1 mm long (vs. these trichomes absent); and petals entirely pink (vs. magenta with a cream base). Another possible relative is M. flavistyla, from which M. integra differs by the leaves and calyx lobes eciliate (vs. ciliate with eglandular trichomes), modally narrower leaves 0.8–1.2 (– 1.6) mm wide (vs. 1.2–3.3 mm wide), each calyx lobe alternating with a deciduous eglandular trichome (vs. these trichomes absent), and fruiting hypanthia not forming a constricted neck above the capsule summit (vs. neck ca. 0.6 mm long). Microlicia integra is clearly allopatric with both M. minima and M. pinheiroi, with a significant gap between their distributions (Fig. 3). It also appears to be parapatric with M. flavistyla, although these species grow in different parts of the same mountain range that crosses the municipality of Ibitiara.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>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.</p><p>Additional specimens examined (paratypes).</p><p>Brazil • Bahia: Ibitiara. Cadeia do Espinhaço, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.09222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.588333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.09222/lat -12.588333)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°35'18"S, 42°05'32"W, 1,200 m, 6 September 2022, fl., fr., M. E. Engels 9981 &amp; D. Liebsch (UPCB!) ; • Serra de Ibitiara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.09189&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.592222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.09189/lat -12.592222)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°35'32"S, 42°05'30.8"W, 1,201 m, 19 December 2024, fl. fr., R. Pacifico 737 &amp; I. V. Castro (CAS!, RB!, UPCB!) ; • Serra de Ibitiara, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-42.092083&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.588305" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -42.092083/lat -12.588305)">Chapada Diamantina</a>, 12°35'17.9"S, 42°05'31.5"W, 1,196 m, 19 December 2024, fl. fr., R. Pacifico 738 &amp; I. V. Castro (CAS!, RB!, UPCB!) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA525571A87D5957B941D8C37692E3A6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Pacifico, Ricardo;Almeda, Frank;Engels, Mathias Erich;Goldenberg, Renato	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
