taxonID	type	description	language	source
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	description	Fig. 2, Supplementary material 1	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Microlicia aequalis is morphologically similar to Microlicia morii. However, it can be easily distinguished by the leaf blade covered with setose trichomes mixed with glandular trichomes on both surfaces (vs only spherical glands in M. morii) and crenulate margin (vs entire margin).	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	description	Description Shrubs, erect, branched, ca 1.3 m tall. Younger and older branches terete, brownish, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands, older branches without leaves at the base, bark peeling off with age; nodes not thickened, internodes 1 – 2.5 mm long, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands, not winged. Leaves horizontal, not imbricate, not amplexicaul; petiole 0.8 – 1 mm long, flat, covered with setose trichomes; blade 5 – 8.6 × 3 – 5 mm, chartaceous, discolorous (when dry), adaxial surface dark green to brownish, abaxial surface light green, elliptic to widely elliptic, apex acuminate, not setose, base rounded, margin crenulate, setose-ciliate at the bases, both surfaces covered with setose trichomes mixed with glandular trichomes, the setose trichomes concentrated mainly on the nerves, sometimes covering only 1 / 3 of the blade, 1 – 3 - veined, visible on both surfaces, tertiary veins absent. Inflorescence reduced to one bracteate flower, lateral or at the apices of the branches, bracts 2 – 3 × 1 – 2 mm, elliptic. Flowers 5 - merous; pedicel 0.9 – 1.3 mm long, brownish, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands; hypanthium ca 3 × 2.5 – 3 mm, campanulate, brownish (when dry), covered with spherical glands, setose trichomes only at the base, slightly 10 - costate; calyx tube ca 0.1 mm long; sepals 1.5 – 2.3 × 0.6 – 1 mm, smaller than the hypanthium length, greenish to brownish (when dry), not foliaceous, chartaceous, narrowly triangular, apex acute-setose, trichomes 0.1 – 0.2 mm long, not veined, covered with spherical glands, trichomes between the sepals absent; petals 4.8 – 6 × 3.4 – 4.5 mm, yellow, oblong, apex acuminate, margin glabrous; androecium isomorphic, concolorous, yellow, stamens 10, isomorphic, anthers polysporangiate, concolorous; filaments 2.2 – 2.5 mm long, anthers 2.2 – 2.3 mm long including beak, ovate, beak ca 0.2 – 0.3 mm long, pedoconnective 0.6 – 0.8 mm long, ventral appendage absent; ovary ca 2 × 1.5 mm, 3 - locular, globose, superior, glabrous; style ca 5.5 mm long, yellow, straight, stigmas punctiform. Capsules ca 2.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-campanulate, smooth, brownish (when dry), sepals persistent on the immature fruits, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, dehiscence basipetal, columella deciduous. Seeds not seen.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat Microlicia aequalis was found in Serra das Brenhas, Catolés district, Abaíra municipality, Bahia, Brazil (Fig. 3). According to the exsiccata label, it occurs in campo rupestre with sandy-gravelly soil and many outcropping rocks.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet aequalis is derived from the Latin adjective aequalis (“ equal ”) (Stearn 1983), in reference to the isomorphic androecium in this species.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	description	Fig. 4, Supplementary material 2	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Microlicia eimeariana is morphologically similar to Microlicia abairana. However, it can be easily distinguished by its branches covered with spherical glands and setose trichomes (vs only spherical glands in M. abairana), imbricate leaves and leaf blades with obtuse apex (vs non-imbricate, acute).	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	description	Description Shrubs, erect, branched, ca 0.8 m tall. Younger and older branches terete, brownish, covered with spherical glands and setose trichomes, older branches without leaves at the base, bark peeling off with age; nodes not thickened, internodes short 0.6 – 1 mm long, with setose trichomes, trichomes 0.2 – 0.4 mm long, not winged. Leaves ascending, imbricate, not amplexicaul, short-petiolate; petiole 0.1 – 0.3 mm long, flat, glabrous; blade 1.5 – 4.5 × 0.7 – 1.6 mm, chartaceous, discolorous (when dry), abaxial surface light brown, adaxial surface dark brown, oblong to oblong-ovate, apex obtuse, sometimes with short-setose trichomes 0.03 – 0.06 mm long, base rounded, margin entire or barely undulating, glabrous or with setose trichomes, trichomes 0.07 – 0.2 mm long, both surfaces covered with glandular trichomes, 3 - veined, visible on both surfaces, marginal pairs inconspicuous, tertiary veins absent. Inflorescence in dichasia, at the apices of the branches, bracts 3 – 2.5 × 1 – 1.5, oblong-ovate, bracteoles 2 – 3.3 × 0.8 – 1.3 mm, oblong-ovate. Flowers 5 - merous, sessile; hypanthium 2.5 – 3.3 × 1.5 – 1.8 mm, oblong to oblong-campanulate, brownish, covered with spherical glands; calyx tube 0.2 – 0.4 mm long; sepals 1.3 – 1.4 × 0.3 – 0.4 mm, shorter than the hypanthium, brownish, chartaceous, subulate, apex obtuse, without a terminal setose trichome, covered with spherical glands; petals 6.3 – 6.5 × 2.3 – 2.5 mm, yellow, oblong, apex acuminate, margin glabrous; androecium dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, stamens 10, anthers polysporangiate; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments ca 2.7 mm long, anthers ca 2 mm long including beak, oblong, beak ca 0.1 mm long, pedoconnective 1.8 – 2 mm long, ventral appendage ca 0.7 mm long, apex truncate; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments 2.3 – 2.4 mm long, anthers 1.7 – 2 mm long including beak, oblong, beak ca 0.15 mm long, pedoconnective 1 – 1.3 long, ventral appendage ca 0.5 mm long, apex truncate; ovary ca 2 × 1 mm, 3 - locular, globose, superior, glabrous; style ca 7.5 mm long, yellow, slightly curved at the apex, stigma punctiform. Capsules and seeds not seen.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat The exsiccata label indicates that M. eimeariana was found in the Catolés district, Abaíra municipality, Bahia, Brazil, in an area of highland cerrado (Fig. 3).	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	etymology	Etymology We name this species after the researcher Eimear Nic Lughadha from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in recognition of her work on the systematics and conservation of tropical plants. She was also part of the team that collected the holotype of the new species.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	description	Fig. 5, Supplementary material 3	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Microlicia xanthopetala is similar to M. aurea. However, it differs in having branches, leaves, and hypanthium covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands (vs only spherical glands in M. aurea), narrowly elliptic leaf blades (vs lanceolate-elliptic), and linear sepals (vs triangular).	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	description	Description Shrubs, erect, branched, ca 0.4 m tall. Younger and older branches terete, brownish, densely covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands, older branches without leaves at the base, bark peeling off with age; nodes not thickened, internodes 1.5 – 3 mm long, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands, not winged. Leaves ascending, imbricate, not amplexicaul; petiole 0.4 – 0.6 mm long, flat, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands; blade 3.5 – 8 × 1 – 2.5 mm, chartaceous, discolorous (when dry), adaxial surfaces brown, abaxial surface green, narrowly elliptic, apex acuminate, short-setose or not, trichomes 0.08 – 1 mm long, base attenuate, margin entire, setose-ciliate, adaxial surface sparsely covered with setose trichomes, abaxial moderately covered with setose trichomes, both surfaces densely covered with spherical glands, 1 - veined, visible on both surfaces, secondary and tertiary veins absent. Inflorescence reduced to one bracteate flower, lateral or at the apices of the branches, bracts ca 2 × 0.8 mm, narrowly elliptic. Flowers 5 - merous; pedicel 0.5 – 0.7 mm long, brownish, covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands; hypanthium 1.7 – 2.7 × 1 – 1.5 mm, campanulate, cream (when dry), 10 - costate, densely covered with spherical glands; calyx tube ca 0.2 mm long; sepals 1 – 2 × 0.1 – 0.2 mm, smaller than the hypanthium, cream (when dry), not foliaceous, chartaceous, subulate, apex rounded, not veined, covered with spherical glands, trichomes between the sepals absent; petals 5 – 5.2 × 2.3 – 3.5 mm, yellow, oblong, apex acuminate, margin glabrous; androecium dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, stamens 10, anthers polysporangiate; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments ca 2.5 mm long, anthers 1.3 – 1.4 mm long including beak, oblong, beak ca 0.1 mm long, pedoconnective 1.2 – 1.6 mm long, ventral appendage 0.5 – 0.6 mm long, apex bilobed; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments 2.3 – 2.5 mm long, anthers 1.3 – 1.4 mm long including beak, oblong, beak ca 0.1 mm long, pedoconnective 0.8 – 1 mm long, ventral appendage ca 0.3 mm long, apex truncate; ovary ca 1 × 1 mm, 3 - locular, globose, superior, glabrous; style ca 5 mm long, yellow, slightly curved at the apex, stigma punctiform. Capsules 2 – 2.3 × ca 1.5 mm, oblong, smooth, brown blackish (when dry), sepals persistent on the immature fruits, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, dehiscence basipetal, columella deciduous. Seeds not seen.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat Microlicia xanthopetala was found in Morro da Tesoura, Mucugê, Bahia, Brazil, where it probably occurs in campo rupestre (Fig. 3).	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific epithet xanthopetala is derived from the Greek words xanthos (Ξάνθος = yellow) and pétălon (πέταλον = petals) (Stearn 1983), in reference to the yellow petals in this species.	en	Romero, Rosana, Pataro, Luciano, Versiane, Ana Flavia A. (2025): Three new species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae) with yellow corollas from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 158 (2): 157-167, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.140649
