identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.text	87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia aequalis R. Romero & Versiane 2025	<div><p>1.  Microlicia aequalis R. Romero &amp; Versiane sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 2, Supplementary material 1</p><p>Type</p><p>BRAZIL – Bahia • Abaíra, [Distrito de Catolés], <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.883335&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.316667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.883335/lat -13.316667)">Serra das Brenhas</a>; 13°19’S, 41°53’W; 1890 m; 21 Oct. 1992; fl., fr.; W. Ganev 1291; holotype: HUEFS!; isotypes: HUFU! [HUFU 00075914], K! [01899807], SPF! [SPF 0008697], US  !.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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).</p><p>Description</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution and habitat</p><p>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.</p><p>Phenology</p><p>Collected with flowers and fruits in October.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet  aequalis is derived from the Latin adjective  aequalis (“ equal ”) (Stearn 1983), in reference to the isomorphic androecium in this species.</p><p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment</p><p>The species is only known from a single collection made 32 years ago. In 2022, we attempted to locate individuals of this species but were unsuccessful. Due to the lack of data, it is difficult to assess whether the species is extinct. Therefore, we preliminarily assess  M. aequalis as Data Deficient (DD) following the IUCN Red List categories and criteria (IUCN 2022).</p><p>Notes</p><p>Microlicia aequalis is similar to  Microlicia morii Wurdack,  Microlicia oligochaeta Wurdack, and  Microlicia glazioviana Cogn. These four species have petiolate leaves and discolorous, 3 - veined leaf blades. Like  M. aequalis,  M. morii and  M. oligochaeta occur in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, while  M. glazioviana is endemic to the Iron Quadrangle in Minas Gerais.  Microlicia aequalis and  M. oligochaeta have branches and leaves covered with setose trichomes mixed with glandular trichomes. However,  M. oligochaeta differs in having flowers with pink petals (vs yellow in  M. aequalis), a dimorphic and bicolorous androecium (vs isomorphic, concolorous), and polysporangiate anthers (vs tetrasporangiate) (Wurdack 1983).  Microlicia aequalis and  M. glazioviana have branches covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands, crenulate leaf blades at the margin, and tetrasporangiate anthers. However,  M. glazioviana differs in having the hypanthium densely covered with setose trichomes mixed with spherical glands (vs spherical glands and sparse setose trichomes only at the base in  M. aequalis), pink petals (vs yellow), dimorphic and bicolorous androecium (vs isomorphic, concolorous) (Cogniaux 1888).  Microlicia aequalis and  M. morii share several characteristics, including yellow-petaled flowers, an isomorphic androecium, and a pedoconnective without a ventral appendage. The distinguishing features between  M. aequalis and  M. morii are mentioned in the diagnosis.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/87F2029CD8D45720B1F50D6C698A5310	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.		Plazi	Romero, Rosana;Pataro, Luciano;Versiane, Ana Flavia A.	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.text	E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia eimeariana R. Romero & Versiane 2025	<div><p>2.  Microlicia eimeariana R. Romero &amp; Versiane sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 4, Supplementary material 2</p><p>Type</p><p>BRAZIL – Bahia • Abaíra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.85&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.283334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.85/lat -13.283334)">Distrito de Catolés</a>; 13°17’S, 41°51’W; 1000–1100 m; 20 Dec. 1991; fl.; R. M. Harley, V. C. Souza, C. M. Sakuragui &amp; E. N. Lughadha 50151; holotype: SPF!; isotypes: HUFU! [HUFU 00075928], K  !.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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).</p><p>Description</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution and habitat</p><p>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).</p><p>Phenology</p><p>Collected with flowers in December.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>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.</p><p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment</p><p>The new species is only known from one gathering made 33 years ago, and unfortunately, the location of the collection site is not precise. We tried to locate individuals of this species in Catolés but without success. Due to the lack of data, assessing the species’ extinction risk is complex. Therefore, we preliminarily assess  M. eimeariana as Data Deficient (DD) following the IUCN Red List categories and criteria (IUCN 2022).</p><p>Notes</p><p>Among the species that occur in Abaíra, Bahia,  M. eimeariana is similar to  M. abairana R. Romero &amp; Woodgyer,  Microlicia aureoglandulosa Woodgyer &amp; R. Romero, and  Microlicia parvula (Markgr.) Koschn. &amp; A. B. Martins, with the latter also occurring in Mucugê, Piatã, Rio de Contas, and Seabra (Pataro et al. 2017). The species share commonly smooth hypanthium covered with spherical glands, sepals shorter than the hypanthium, yellow petals and androecium, and stamens with polysporangiate anthers.  Microlicia aureoglandulosa and  M. parvula differ from  M. eimeariana in having branches covered only with spherical glands (vs setose trichomes, in addition to spherical glands in  M. eimeariana) and isomorphic androecium (vs dimorphic).  Microlicia aureoglandulosa also has leaf blades that are acute at the apex (vs obtuse in  M. eimeariana), and triangular sepals (vs oblong), acuminate at the apex, with a terminal trichome (ca 0.1 mm long) (vs obtuse, terminal trichome absent).  Microlicia parvula has very short triangular sepals, ca 1 mm long (vs oblong, 1.3–1.4 mm long in  M. eimeariana).  Microlicia eimeariana also resembles  M. monticola Wurdack, which is endemic to Rio de Contas (Wurdack 1983; Woodgyer and Nic Lughadha 1995; Santos and Silva 2005). Both species have yellow petals, dimorphic androecium, polysporangiate anthers, and small leaves (3–6 × 0.5–2 mm in  M. monticola). However,  M. monticola differs by having branches with only spherical glands (vs spherical glands and setose trichomes in  M. eimeariana), sessile leaves (vs subsessile), leaves acute at the apex (vs obtuse), and oblong-triangular sepals with an apex ending in a setose trichome (vs obtuse, setose trichome absent). The differences between  M. eimeariana and  M. abairana are mentioned in the diagnosis.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E44D19B291AB5A5C9F40566888421E7D	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.		Plazi	Romero, Rosana;Pataro, Luciano;Versiane, Ana Flavia A.	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.text	688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia xanthopetala Versiane & R. Romero 2025	<div><p>3.  Microlicia xanthopetala Versiane &amp; R. Romero sp. nov.</p><p>Fig. 5, Supplementary material 3</p><p>Type</p><p>BRAZIL – Bahia • Mucugê, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.38111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.018611" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.38111/lat -13.018611)">Trilha para o Morro da Tesoura</a>; 13°01’07”S, 41°22’52”W; 960–1000 m; 16 Aug. 2005; fl., fr.; A. K. A. Santos, E. C. Oliveira, S. F. Rocha, et al. 449; holotype: HUEFS!; isotype: HUFU! [HUFU 00064429]  .</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>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).</p><p>Description</p><p>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.</p><p>Distribution and habitat</p><p>Microlicia xanthopetala was found in Morro da Tesoura, Mucugê, Bahia, Brazil, where it probably occurs in campo rupestre (Fig. 3).</p><p>Phenology</p><p>Collected with flowers and fruits in August.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>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.</p><p>Preliminary IUCN conservation assessment</p><p>Like the previous species, we only know  M. xanthopetala from a single collection. The lack of data prevents a proper threat assessment of this species, so we also preliminarily assess  M. xanthopetala as Data Deficient (DD) based on the IUCN Red List categories and criteria (IUCN 2022).</p><p>Notes</p><p>Microlicia xanthopetala was previously identified as  Microlicia aurea Wurdack probably because both species have petiolate leaves, discolorous (when dry) and 1 - veined leaf blades, flowers with yellow petals and stamens, and polysporangiate anthers (Wurdack 1983). The differences between them are mentioned in the diagnosis.  Microlicia aurea is found only in Rio de Contas, Bahia, Brazil (Wurdack 1983; SpeciesLink network 2024).</p><p>Microlicia xanthopetala also bears some resemblance to  Microlicia ganevii Woodgyer &amp; R. Romero. Both species are from Bahia and share petiolate leaves, discolorous leaf blades (when dry), and flowers with yellow petals and androecium, and stamens with polysporangiate anthers (Wurdack 1983; Romero and Woodgyer 2018).  Microlicia ganevii has branches, leaves, and hypanthium covered with glandular trichomes mixed with spherical glands (vs setose trichomes and spherical glands in  M. xanthopetala), 3–5 - veined leaf blades (vs 1 - veined), and narrowly triangular sepals (vs linear) (Romero and Woodgyer 2018). Until now,  M. ganevii is found only in Catolés (Romero and Woodgyer 2018).</p><p>Checklist of species of  Microlicia with yellow corollas in Bahia</p><p>In the state of Bahia, there are 82 taxa of  Microlicia (Fidanza et al. 2024; Pacifico and Fidanza 2024; Romero et al. 2024; Versiane 2024). Of these, 22 species have yellow corollas, a relatively uncommon characteristic in the genus, where corollas with magenta or variations of this colour predominate. Here, we add three new species with yellow corollas to the state’s flora:  Microlicia aequalis,  M. eimeariana, and  M. xanthopetala . Bahia is the state with the highest number of  Microlicia with yellow corollas (Table 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/688A8DE79C1B56899C6C4D08A4EED900	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.		Plazi	Romero, Rosana;Pataro, Luciano;Versiane, Ana Flavia A.	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
