identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D22220FFBBFFA486C37835FA05FE5D.text	03D22220FFBBFFA486C37835FA05FE5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lavoisiereae De Candolle 1828	<div><p>Lavoisiereae De Candolle (1828: 100)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, erect. Branch dichotomous and/or trichotomous. Branch, leaf, hypanthium, and sepal glandular, glandular-punctate, hirsute, setose, velutinous, villous, or sometimes glabrous. Leaf sessile or petiolate, imbricate or not, patent or ascending. Inflorescence in dichasia, glomerulous or reduced to one bracteolate flower, (4–)5–6-merous, sessile or pedicellate; hypanthium sometimes with a bristled crown at the apex; petal entirely cream, magenta, purplish, yellow, pink or pink with cream or white base, or cream with pink stains at the apex; stamens (8–)10–12, dimorphic or subisomorphic, bicolorous or concolorous; anther tetrasporangiate or polysporangiate; pedoconnective prolonged with a ventral appendage; ovary 3–5(–6)-locular, superior, inferior or partly inferior. Capsule dehiscing from the base to the apex, or from the apex to the base, columella deciduous or persistent.</p><p>Key to the species of Lavoisiereae</p><p>1. Haplostemonous androecium, staminodia present .............................................................................................................................2</p><p>- Diplostemonous androecium, staminodia absent ...............................................................................................................................3</p><p>2. Five subisomorphic stamens.................................................................................................................. 25. Rhynhanthera dichotoma</p><p>- Five dimorphic stamens, with one strikingly longer than the other four............................................26. Rhynchanthera grandiflora</p><p>3. Capsule dehiscent from the base to the apex......................................................................................................................................4</p><p>- Capsule dehiscent from the apex to the base......................................................................................................................................5</p><p>4. Leaf blade 1-nerved; hypanthium glabrous or sparsely setose at the apex; sepal triangular; stamens bicolorous with large (antesepalous) anther reddish .........................................................................................................................15. Microlicia minensis</p><p>- Leaf blade 3-nerved; hypanthium glandular in the middle region; sepal oblong; stamens bicolorous with large (antesepalous) anther yellow ............................................................................................................................................... 4. Microlicia cataphracta</p><p>5. Ovary 3–4-locular...............................................................................................................................................................................6</p><p>- Ovary 5-locular.................................................................................................................................................................................24</p><p>6. Hypanthium with a bristled crown at the apex...................................................................................................................................7</p><p>- Hypanthium without a bristled crown at the apex..............................................................................................................................8</p><p>7. Branch node, leaf blade, and hypanthium glabrous ........................................................................................... 1. Microlicia armata</p><p>- Branch node, leaf blade, and hypanthium setose ............................................................................................7. Microlicia fastigiata</p><p>8. Petal yellow ............................................................................................................................................................8. Microlicia flava</p><p>- Petal pink, purplish, magenta, or cream .............................................................................................................................................9</p><p>9. Leaf blade with callose margin...................................................................................................................... 24. Microlicia viminalis</p><p>- Leaf blade without callose margin....................................................................................................................................................10</p><p>10. Inflorescence in glomerules, dichasia, or reduced to one bracteolate flower...................................................................................11</p><p>- Flower always solitary......................................................................................................................................................................13</p><p>11. Leaf blade slightly cordate at the base; petal with glandular-ciliate margin .....................................................3. Microlicia capitata</p><p>- Leaf blade rounded at the base; petal with glabrous margin ............................................................................................................12</p><p>12. Hypanthium cylindrical with linear-subulate sepal; mature capsule with apex not exceeding the hypanthium torus......................... ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16. Microlicia nakajimae</p><p>- Hypanthium campanulate with triangular or oblong sepal; mature capsule with apex exceeding the hypanthium torus ................... ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12. Microlicia inquinans</p><p>13. Anther polysporangiate ....................................................................................................................................................................14</p><p>- Anther tetrasporangiate ....................................................................................................................................................................16</p><p>14. Stamens bicolorous............................................................................................................................................10. Microlicia hirsuta</p><p>- Stamens concolorous ........................................................................................................................................................................15</p><p>15. Leaf blade 1-nerved...................................................................................................................................19. Microlicia polystemma</p><p>- Leaf blade 3–5-nerved............................................................................................................................. 6. Microlicia euphorbioides</p><p>16. Leaf blade only glandular-punctate ..................................................................................................................................................17</p><p>- Leaf blade glandular, glandular-punctate, and hirsute-villous, setose, or velutinous.......................................................................19</p><p>17. Leaf petiolate, petiole 0.4–0.6 mm long........................................................................................................ 14. Microlicia martiana</p><p>- Leaf sessile .......................................................................................................................................................................................18</p><p>18. Leaf blade with the same internode length.................................................................................................... 13. Microlicia isophylla</p><p>- Leaf blade longer than the internode length ........................................................................................ 20. Microlicia sanfranciscana</p><p>19. Petal cream with pink stains at the apex; stamens concolorous with yellow anther ....................................... 9. Microlicia furnensis</p><p>- Petal purplish, magenta, or pink; stamens bicolorous with vinaceous and yellow anther ...............................................................20</p><p>20. Leaf blade discolorous, adaxial surface darker ...................................................................................23. Microlicia trembleyiformis</p><p>- Leaf blade concolorous.....................................................................................................................................................................21</p><p>21. Leaf blade cordate at the base ............................................................................................................................5. Microlicia cordata</p><p>- Leaf blade rounded or attenuate at the base .....................................................................................................................................22</p><p>22. Leaf blade with sparse glandular and glandular-punctate indumentum ............................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................... 2. Microlicia canastrensis</p><p>- Leaf blade with dense glandular-punctate and velutinous or hirsute indumentum ..........................................................................23</p><p>23. Leaf blade velutinous and glandular-punctate...........................................................................................21. Microlicia serpyllifolia</p><p>- Leaf blade hirsute and glandular-punctate.....................................................................................................11. Microlicia hirticalyx</p><p>24. Leaf blade discolorous, adaxial surface darker ............................................................................................17. Microlicia parviflora</p><p>- Leaf blade concolorous.....................................................................................................................................................................25</p><p>25. Leaf blade 3.5–6 × 1–2.5 mm, both surfaces glandular; petal 7–9.5 × 3–7 mm, purplish or white, acute, or acuminate at the apex ......................................................................................................................................................... 18. Microlicia phlogiformis</p><p>- Leaf blade 10–20 × 3–5 mm, both surfaces glandular-punctate; petal 10.5–12.5 × 6.5–7.5 mm, pink, truncate at the apex.............. ........................................................................................................................................................................ 22. Microlicia speciosa</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFBBFFA486C37835FA05FE5D	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFBAFFA486C37B0DFCA3F94A.text	03D22220FFBAFFA486C37B0DFCA3F94A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia armata (Sprengel) Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>1. Microlicia armata (Sprengel) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 52) . (Fig. 3A)</p><p>≡ Rhexia armata Sprengel (1825: 308) ≡ Chaetostoma armatum (Sprengel) Cogniaux in Martius (1883: 31)</p><p>= Chaetostoma pungens De Candolle (1828: 112)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–0.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young, and old terete, glabrous, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 3–12 × 0.5–2 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, triangular-lanceolate, apex acute-acuminate, pungent, base semi-amplexicaul, margin entire or serrulate-ciliate, callose, both surfaces glabrous, 5–7-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, (4–)5-merous, sessile or pedicel 0.2–1 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm, vinaceous or cream with vinaceous stains, oblong-campanulate, multi-striate, callose, with a bristles crown at the apex, glabrous; sepal 2.5–5 × 0.5–1 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular-lanceolate, glabrous, apex acuminate and apiculate, margin serrulate-ciliate, callose; petal 6–13 × 4–6 mm, magenta or pink, obovate, asymmetrical, apex slightly apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 4.5–5.5 mm long, pedoconnective 0.5–1.2 mm long, ventral appendage ca. 0.5 mm long, bilobed at the apex, anther ca. 5 × 1 mm long, beak 0.4–0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3–4 mm long, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, ventral appendage ca. 0.3 mm long, slightly bilobed at the apex, anther 2.5–4 × ca. 0.5 mm, beak 0.3–0.4 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 5–8 mm long, magenta. Capsule 3–5 × 2–4 mm, ovate-oblong, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed 0.5–1 × ca. 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada atrás do Paraíso Perdido, ca. de 5 km da rodovia MG 050, 12 July 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7787 (CAS, HUFU). Delfinópolis, estrada para Guarita, beira da estrada, 09 March 2003 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 6676 (ESA, HUFU, VIC, UB). Sacramento, Serra Branca, estrada Quenta Sol—Sete Voltas, 18 February 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2151 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 27 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3537 (HUFU, MBM, SP, SPF).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia armata has a wide distribution, occurring from the south of Bahia to the north of Paraná (Koschnitzke &amp; Martins 2006; Versiane 2025 as C. armatum). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia armata was collected with flowers throughout the year and with fruit from January to November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia armata resembles Microlicia fastigiata (Naudin) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 53) by the bristles crown at the apex of hypanthium and leaf callose at the margin. However, M. armata has a glabrous leaf, branch, and hypanthium (vs. setose in M. fastigiata).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFBAFFA486C37B0DFCA3F94A	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFBAFFA786C37FF9FB63FC24.text	03D22220FFBAFFA786C37FF9FB63FC24.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia canastrensis Naudin 1845	<div><p>2. Microlicia canastrensis Naudin (1845: 174) . (Fig. 3B)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–1 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular, and glandular-punctate, old branch subterete to terete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole ca. 0.5 mm long, ascending, not imbricate; blade 3–15 × 2–9 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate, or ovate-elliptic, slightly conduplicate, apex acute and apiculate, base attenuate or rounded, margin entire, both surfaces sparsely glandular-punctate and glandular, glutinous aspect (when fresh), 3-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1.5–2(–3.5) mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, oblong or cylindrical, inconspicuous 10-striate or smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and glandular; sepal 3–5.5 × ca. 1 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, triangular to subulate, glandular-punctate and glandular, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire; petal 8–13 × 4–9 mm, magenta, obovate-oblong, apex acute to acuminate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 2–4 mm long, vinaceous, pedoconnective 2–3 mm long, vinaceous, ventral appendage 1–2 mm long, yellow, rounded or truncate at the apex, anther 2.6–3.7 × 0.4–0.9 mm long, vinaceous, beak 0.5–0.7 mm long; antepetalous stamens with filament 3.4–5 mm long, vinaceous, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, yellow or vinaceous, ventral appendage 0.5–1 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 1.8–3.2 × 0.7–0.8 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.5 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 5–6.5 mm long, vinaceous. Capsule 4–5 × 3–3.5 mm, ovate or oblong, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.7 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada atrás do Paraíso Perdido; ca. de 5 km da rodovia MG 050, 12 July 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7793 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, estrada para Casa Branca, Fazenda Paraíso, “Sete Cidades”, 10 April 2002 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 6234 (HUFU, UB). Sacramento, Guarita de Sacramento, próximo a captação de água, 08 July 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1855 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, estrada para Sacramento, 3 km da sede administrativa, 17 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1968 (HUFU, MBM, SP, SPF, US).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia canastrensis is endemic to Minas Gerais (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre and campo limpo.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia canastrensis was collected with flower and fruit throughout the year.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia canastrensis it is easily recognized by the ascending and slightly conduplicate leaf and a glutinous appearance when fresh due to glandular and glandular-punctate indumentum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFBAFFA786C37FF9FB63FC24	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB9FFA786C37AD2FE04F780.text	03D22220FFB9FFA786C37AD2FE04F780.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia capitata R. B. Pacifico, Almeda & Fidanza 2020	<div><p>3. Microlicia capitata R.B. Pacifico, Almeda &amp; Fidanza (2020: 277) . (Fig. 3C)</p><p>Shrub, 0.5–1m tall, erect,highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender,young, and old quadrangular, glandular, and glandular-punctate, leafless with age, xylopodium not seen. Leaf sessile, patent to ascending, not imbricate; blade 10–23 × 4–15 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base slightly cordate, margin serrulate-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-punctate and glandular, 3–7-nerved, basal. Flower disposed in glomerulus, terminal, 5–6-merous, pedicel 0.3–0.5 mm long; bract 7–10 × 3.5–4.5 mm, bracteole ca. 6 × 2.5 mm; hypanthium 3.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm, green, campanulate, 10–12-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and glandular; sepal 4.5–6 × ca. 1 mm, green or vinaceous, narrowly triangular to linear, glandular-punctate and glandular, apex acuminate and glandular-apiculate, margin slightly serrulate-ciliate; petal 11.5–13 × 5–9 mm, magenta, obovate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glandular-ciliate; stamens 10–12, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 5–5.5 mm long, pink, sometimes yellow at the base, pedoconnective 5–6 mm long, pink, ventral appendage 1.7–2 mm long, pink at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate, truncate at the apex, anther 2–3 × ca. 1 mm long, pink, beak ca. 0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 4.5–5 mm long, magenta, pedoconnective ca. 2 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex, anther 1.5–2 × ca. 1 mm, yellow, beak 0.5–0.7 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style ca. 8 mm long, pink. Capsule 3.5–5 × 2.5–3.5 mm, globose or ovate, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule, the apex not exceeding the torus, and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.7 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Paraíso Perdido, Região de Furnas, 22 March 2007 (fl, fr), P.H.N. Bernardes et al. 88 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 27 May 1996 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3530 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia capitata is endemic to Minas Gerais (Pacifico et al. 2020). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia capitata was collected with flower and fruit throughout the year.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia capitata resembles M. inquinans Naudin (1845: 171) by the glomerulus inflorescence. However, it differs in having a glandular indumentum (vs. glandular-punctate, sometimes hirsute, and glandular-hirsute in M. inquinans), not vernicous appearance (vs. vernicous), and petal ciliate-glandular at the margin (vs. glabrous). The differences between M. capitata and Microlicia nakajimae R.Romero &amp; Ferreira-Alves will be discussed under the latter.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB9FFA786C37AD2FE04F780	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB8FFA686C37997FB55FA40.text	03D22220FFB8FFA686C37997FB55FA40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia cataphracta (Martius & Schrank ex De Candolle) Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>4. Microlicia cataphracta (De Candolle) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 52) (Fig. 3D)</p><p>≡ Lavoisiera cataphracta Martius &amp; Schrank ex De Candolle (1828: 102)</p><p>= Lavoisiera imbricata (Thunberg) De Candolle (1828: 103) ≡ Rhexia imbricata Thunberg (1817: 10)</p><p>= Lavoisiera insignis De Candolle (1828: 103) ≡ Lavoisiera imbricata var. insignis (Martius &amp; Schrank ex De Candolle) Chamisso (1834: 369)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.3–0.8 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young, and old terete, glabrous, or sparsely glandular, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, patent to ascending, imbricate or not; blade 3–11 × 2–7 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate to ovate-oblong, apex acute and apiculate, base semi-amplexicaul to amplexicaul, margin serrulate-ciliate or glandular-ciliate, callose, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial surface often glandular or setose along the midvein, sometimes glabrous, 3-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, terminal, 6-merous, sessile; bract 5–8.2 × 3.6–4.7 mm, bracteole absent; hypanthium 3–5 × 3–4 mm, green, campanulate, inconspicuous multi-striate or smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular in the middle region; sepal 5–13 × 2–4 mm, green, vinaceous or cream, oblong, glabrous, apex acute and sometimes apiculate, margin glandular-ciliate; petal 15–25 × 9–16 mm, magenta, rarely cream at the base, obovate or obovate-oblong, apex rounded or asymmetrically acuminate, margin entire, glandular-ciliate at the apex; stamens 12, dimorphic, concolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 5–7 mm long, yellow, pedoconnective 3–4.5 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–3 × ca. 1 mm long, yellow, turning vinaceous, beak ca. 0.8 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament ca. 5 mm long, yellow, pedoconnective 1–1.2 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 0.4–0.5 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–3 × ca. 1 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.7 mm long; ovary 6-locular, inferior to partly inferior; style 5.5–7 mm long, yellow. Capsule 2–4 × 3–3.5 mm, globose to oblong, dehiscing from the base to the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella persistent; seed 0.7–1 × ca. 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada depois do Paraíso Perdido, 25 October 2006 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 4241 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Casinha Branca, 25 October 2003 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 3658 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro do córrego dos Peixes, 24 March 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1733 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia cataphracta has a wide distribution, occurring in Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, Paraná, and Distrito Federal (Martins &amp; Almeda 2017, as L. imbricata). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia cataphracta was collected with flower from February to December and with fruit from February to November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia cataphracta resembles M. minensis by the leaf blade callose at the margin, dehiscent fruit from base to apex. However, M. cataphracta has a patent to ascending leaf (vs. only ascending in M. minensis), 3-nerved leaf blade (vs. 1-nerved), glandular hypanthium in the middle region (vs. glabrous or sparsely setose at the apex), oblong sepal (vs. triangular) and large (antesepalous) anthers yellow (vs. reddish).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB8FFA686C37997FB55FA40	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB8FFA986C37CFFFD5AFD04.text	03D22220FFB8FFA986C37CFFFD5AFD04.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia cordata (Sprengel) Chamisso 1834	<div><p>5. Microlicia cordata (Sprengel) Chamisso (1834: 390) . (Fig. 3E)</p><p>≡ Rhexia cordata Sprengel (1820: 301)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.5–1 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular-punctate, hirsute, or sometimes setose, old branch subterete, hirsute, and glandular-punctate, glabrescent at the base, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, patent, not imbricate; blade 4–9 × 3–8 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate, apex rounded, base cordate, margin serrulate-ciliate or ciliate, both surfaces setose and glandular-punctate, 3–5-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–2.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 1.5–2 × 1.5–2 mm, green, vinaceous or green with vinaceous stains, campanulate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and setose; sepal 1–1.5 × 0.4–0.7 mm, green, triangular, glandular-punctate and setose, apex acute, margin entire; petal 3–4 × 2–2.5 mm, pink, oblong, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3–3.5 mm long, pink, pedoconnective ca. 1.7 mm long, pink, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, pink at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate at the apex, anther 1.3–1.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm long, vinaceous, beak ca. 0.3 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2–3 mm long, vinaceous, pedoconnective ca. 0.5 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1 × 0.4 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.2 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style ca. 3.5 mm long, pink. Capsule ca. 2.5 × 2.3 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed 0.3–0.4 × ca. 0.2 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, Rio Turvo, 28 September 2005 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7201 (HUFU). Sacramento, “Cânion do Azulinho”, 05 June 2010 (fl), A. Campos-Rocha et al. 454 (HPL, HUFU). São João Batista do Glória, 07 September 2018 (fl, fr), M.L. Brotto et al. 2738 (HUFU, MBM). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 19 April 1997 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 4156 (HUFU, NY).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia cordata occurs in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and Minas Gerais states (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo úmido, campo limpo and campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia cordata collected with flower and fruit from February to November</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia cordata is readily recognized by the glandular-punctate and hirsute indumentum on the branch, and ovate leaf blade, cordate at the base.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB8FFA986C37CFFFD5AFD04	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB7FFA986C37BB3FB13F8DC.text	03D22220FFB7FFA986C37BB3FB13F8DC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia euphorbioides Martius 1831	<div><p>6. Microlicia euphorbioides Martius (1831: 107)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.3–1 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, hirsute, and glandular-punctate, old branch subterete, hirsute, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole 0.5–1 mm long, patent, not imbricate; blade 3–22 × 2–8 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, or narrowly ovate, apex rounded or acute and apiculate, base attenuate to rounded, margin serrulate-ciliate or crenulate and ciliate, both surfaces hirsute and glandular-punctate, 3-nerved, suprabasal, rarely basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1.5–2.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm, vinaceous or green, sometimes with vinaceous stains, oblong, campanulate, sometimes slightly urceolate, smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, hirsute and glandular-punctate; sepal 1.7–3 × 0.5–1 mm, vinaceous or green, sometimes with vinaceous stains, triangular, triangular-lanceolate or oblong, hirsute and glandular-punctate, apex acute or rounded, apiculate, margin entire, sometimes glandular-punctate; petal 4–6.5 × 2–4 mm, pink, sometimes cream at the base or white, obovate or obovate-oblong, apex acute to slightly apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, anther oblong, polysporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3–4 mm long, pedoconnective 1.7–2 mm long, ventral appendage 0.6–1.3 mm long, truncate, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm long, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2–3 mm long, pedoconnective 0.5–1.5 mm long, ventral appendage 0.2–0.5 mm long, rounded, inconspicuous at the apex, anther 1–1.5 × ca. 0.5 mm, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 4–8 mm long, yellow. Capsule 3–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada para Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, 13 July 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7807 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Cachoeira Águas Claras, trilha da cachoeira, 23 June 2010 (fl, fr), P.O. Rosa et al. 1325 (HUFU). Sacramento, próximo à guarita de Sacramento, 16 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1879 (HUFU, US). São Roque de Minas, estrada para o Vale do Cândido, Garagem das Pedras, 22 August 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2704 (HUFU, IAC, SP).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia euphorbioides occurs in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Distrito Federal (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre and cerrado.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia euphorbioides was collected with flower and fruit from February to August, and in November and December</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia euphorbioides is readily recognized by the patent and not imbricate leaf, sessile or petiolate. In addition, it has polysporangiate and yellow anther. Microlicia euphorbioides resembles M. serpyllifolia by the non-imbricate, sessile, or petiolate leaf, sometimes elliptic leaf blade, rounded or acute apex, and ciliate margin. However, M. euphorbioides has polysporangiate anther (vs. tetrasporangiate in M. serpyllifolia).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB7FFA986C37BB3FB13F8DC	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB7FFAB86C37E8AFAE0FCC9.text	03D22220FFB7FFAB86C37E8AFAE0FCC9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia fastigiata (Naudin) Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>7. Microlicia fastigiata (Naudin) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 53)</p><p>≡ Chaetostoma fastigiatum Naudin (1845: 191)</p><p>= Chaetostoma canastrense R. Romero &amp; A.B.Martins (1999: 449)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–0.4 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young, and old terete, often glabrous, sometimes sparsely setose, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 6–12 × 1–4 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, apex pungent, base semi-amplexicaul, margin serrulate-ciliate, callose, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely setose, 5–7-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–1.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium ca. 3.5 × 2–2.6 mm, green, oblong-campanulate, multi-striate or not, with a bristles crown at the apex, setose; sepal 2.8–3.2 mm, vinaceous, triangular, setose, apex acuminate and apiculate, margin serrulate-ciliate, callose; petal 11–11.5 × 6.5–7 mm, magenta, obovate, apex asymmetrically acute and apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, vinaceous, concolorous, yellow, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 5–5.8 mm long, pedoconnective 0.8–1.2 mm long, ventral appendage 0.5–0.6 mm long, tuberculate at the apex, anther ca. 5 × 0.8–1 mm long, beak 0.5–1 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 4.8–5 mm long, pedoconnective 0.5–0.6 mm long, ventral appendage inconspicuous, 0.2–0.3 mm long, anther 3.7–3 × 0.7–0.8 mm, beak 0.4–0.5 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 7–8 mm long, magenta. Capsule 5–6 × 4–5 mm, oblong, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed 0.8–0.9 × 0.4–0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 27 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3536 (HUFU, UEC, US).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia fastigiata occurs in Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Paraná (Silva et al. 2023, as Chaetostoma fastigiatum). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre and campo limpo</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia fastigiata was collected with flower from February to July and with fruit from February to May, and July.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: —The differences between M. armata and M. fastigiata were noted under M. armata .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB7FFAB86C37E8AFAE0FCC9	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB5FFAB86C37A67FBD9F780.text	03D22220FFB5FFAB86C37A67FBD9F780.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia flava R. Romero 2000	<div><p>8. Microlicia flava R. Romero (2000b: 142) (Fig. 3F)</p><p>Subshrub, ca. 0.2 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, 4-winged, glandular-punctate, old branch terete at the base, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, patent to slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 5–8 × 1–8 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, apex rounded, base attenuate, margin crenulate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, 1-nerved. Flower solitary, terminal, 5-merous; pedicel 0.5–1.2 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2.5–3 × 1.5–1.7 mm, green, cylindrical or campanulate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate; sepal ca. 1.7 × 0.3 mm, green, subulate or lanceolate, glandular-punctate, apex acute, margin entire; petal 5–7 × ca. 3 mm, yellow, oblong, apex acuminate, margin entire and slightly undulate, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, anther ovate-oblong, polysporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 1.5–2.5 mm long, pedoconnective ca. 1.5 mm long, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, slightly acute at the apex, anther 1–1.5 × 0.3–0.7 mm long, beak ca. 0.2 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 1.3–2 mm long, pedoconnective ca. 0.5 mm long, ventral appendage 0.1–0.2 mm long, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1 × 0.5 mm, beak ca. 0, 3 mm long; ovary 3–4-locular, superior; style 3–5 mm long, yellow. Capsule ca. 5.5 × 4 mm, globose or ovate-oblong, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.6 × 0.4 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, Rio Turvo, Represa de Furnas, 20°36’16”S, 46°13’51”W, 786 m, 28 October 2005 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7185 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, trilha do paredão da Serra da Canastra, topo do morro, 17 April 1997 (fl), R. Romero et al. 4136 (HUFU).</p><p>Specimen selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 27 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3536 (HUFU, UEC, US).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia flava is endemic to the SCNP, occurring in campo rupestre (Romero 2000b).</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia flava was collected with flower and fruit in January, February, April, May, July, October, and November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia flava is readily recognized by its yellow petal, a feature not found in other species of Microlicia from SCNP. It resembles M. martiana O.Berg ex Triana (1872: 28) by its glandular-punctate indumentum, elliptic leaf blade, acute and not apiculate sepal, and petal acuminate at the apex (Romero 2000b). However, M. flava has 4-winged branch (vs. not 4-winged in M. martiana), sessile and patent leaf blade (vs. petiolate and ascending), polysporangiate anther (vs. tetrasporangiate), and yellow petal (vs. magenta). Microlicia flava also resembles M. furnensis Romero &amp; Versiane (2014: 119) by the subshrubby habit, 4-winged branch, and yellow anther (Romero &amp; Versiane 2014). Despite, M. flava has yellow petal (vs. cream with pink apex in M. furnensis) and only glandular-punctate indumentum (vs. glandular-punctate and setose, sometimes glandular).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB5FFAB86C37A67FBD9F780	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB4FFAA86C37997FAB7FB8E.text	03D22220FFB4FFAA86C37997FAB7FB8E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia furnensis R. Romero 2014	<div><p>9. Microlicia furnensis R. Romero (2014: 119)</p><p>Shrub, 0.5–0.7 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, 4-winged, glandular-punctate and setose, sometimes glandular, old branch terete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole 0.1–0.5 mm long, ascending or patent, not imbricate; blade 3–5 × 1–1.5 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or rounded, base attenuate, rarely rounded, margin entire, ciliate, or rarely crenulate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, sometimes sparsely setose, 3-nerved, basal or suprabasal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–1.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 1.7–2.3 × 1–1.5 mm, green, oblong to oblong-triangular, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, sparsely glandular-punctate and setose; sepal 2.5–3 × ca. 1 mm, green, oblong to oblong-triangular, glandular-punctate and sparse setose, apex acute, margin entire; petal 5–5.5 × 2.5–3 mm, cream with pink stains at the apex, oblong, apex acute to acute-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 2.7– 3.2 mm long, pedoconnective 2–2.5 mm long, ventral appendage 0.9–1.2 mm long, truncate at the apex, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.6 mm long, beak 0.2–0.4 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.7–3.2 mm long, pedoconnective 0.7–1 mm long, ventral appendage 0.2–0.3 mm long, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1.2 × 0.4 mm, beak 0.2–0.3 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 3.5–5 mm long, yellow. Capsule 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, subglobose, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed 0.3–0.4 × 0.2–0.3 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Chapadão de Furnas, 20°37’12”S, 46°16’33”W, 1175 m, 24 January 2002 (fl, fr), R. Romero 6199 (HUFU, SP).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia furnensis is endemic to the SCNP and found only in the southern portion, close to Capitólio, occurring in campo rupestre (Romero &amp; Versiane 2014). Phenology: — Microlicia furnensis was collected with flower and fruit in July, and from September to February.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: —The differences between M. flava and M. furnensis were noted under M. flava .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB4FFAA86C37997FAB7FB8E	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB4FFAD86C37D3BFD88FEE4.text	03D22220FFB4FFAD86C37D3BFD88FEE4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia hirsuta (De Candolle) R. Romero, Versiane & Woodgyer 2022	<div><p>10. Microlicia hirsuta (De Candolle) R. Romero, Versiane &amp; Woodgyer (2022: 113) (Fig. 3G)</p><p>≡ Microlicia variolosa var. hirsuta De Candolle (1828: 119)</p><p>= Microlicia fasciculata Mart. ex Naudin (1845: 180)</p><p>= Microlicia cinerea Cogniaux in Martius (1883: 86)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.3–0.6 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, densely villous, and glandular-punctate, old branch subterete, villous, and glandular-punctate, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole 0.1–0.3 mm long, ascending, imbricate or not; blade 3–10 × 1–7 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, or ovate, apex acute, apiculate, base rounded, margin entire, both surfaces densely villous and glandular-punctate, 3-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1.5–2 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium ca. 4 × 2– 2 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, campanulate or suburceolate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, villous and glandular-punctate; sepal 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, triangular, hirsute and glandular-punctate, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire; petal 7–11 × 6–8 mm, light pink, obovate, apex asymmetrically acute or rounded and apiculate, margin entire, glandular-ciliate; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, polysporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 4–5 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 2–3.5 mm long, pink, ventral appendage 1.5–2 mm long, pink at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate at the apex, anther 3–3.5 mm long, vinaceous, beak ca. 0.8 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3–4 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 1–2 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage inconspicuous, yellow, anther 2.5–3 mm, yellow, beak 0.5–0.8 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 5–9 mm long, vinaceous or yellow, light pink at the apex. Capsule 2.5–4 × 2–3 mm, ovate or oblong, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada depois do Paraíso Perdido, 20°36’44” S, 46°19’53” W, 967 m, 25 October 2006 (fl, fr), Nakajima et al. 4206 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Casinha Branca, 20°26’04”S, 46°38’72”W, 841 m, 25 October 2003 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 3650 (HUFU). Sacramento, Guarita de Sacramento, Retiro de captação de água, 20 September 1996 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3553 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 19 November 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1462 (F, HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia hirsuta occurs in Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Distrito Federal (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia hirsuta was collected with flower in January, from March to May, and from July to December, and with fruit in January, April, July, and from September to December.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia hirsuta is readily recognized by its densely villous indumentum, bicolorous stamens, and polysporangiate anther.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB4FFAD86C37D3BFD88FEE4	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB3FFAD86C37893FF4BF998.text	03D22220FFB3FFAD86C37893FF4BF998.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia hirticalyx R. Romero & Woodgyer 2011	<div><p>11. Microlicia hirticalyx R. Romero &amp; Woodgyer (2011: 163) (Fig. 3H)</p><p>≡ Microlicia acuminata Cogniaux (1891: 55)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.3–0.4 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, hirsute, old branch subterete, hirsute, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 3–8 × 1–4 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate-oblong, elliptic to lanceolate, apex acute and apiculate, base rounded, margin ciliate, both surfaces densely glandular-punctate and hirsute-villous, 1-nerved. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–1.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2.5–3 × ca. 2 mm, green, often with vinaceous stains, campanulate to suburceolate, smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and sparsely villous; sepal 2–3 × 1.3–1.5 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular, glandular-punctate and sparsely villous, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire; petal 5–6 × 3–4 mm, purplish, obovate, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther ovate to ovate-oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3.5–4 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 1.5–2.5 mm long, pink, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex, anther ca. 2 × 0.5 mm long, vinaceous, beak 0.6–0.7 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3.4–4 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 0.7–1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage inconspicuous, ca. 0.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 1.4–1.7 × ca. 0.5 mm, yellow, beak 0.2–0.3 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 3.5–4 mm long, pink. Capsule 2.5–4 × ca. 2.5 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 19 November 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1478 (CAS, HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: —Until now, Microlicia hirticalyx was known only from the southern region of Serra do Espinhaço, in Minas Gerais state (Romero &amp; Woodgyer 2011), and here we expand its distribution. In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia hirticalyx was collected with flower and fruit in May, July, September, and November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia hirticalyx is an erect subshrub or shrub with leaf blade ciliate at the margin, and glandular-punctate and hirsute-villous on both surfaces. In addition, it has magenta and obovate petal, and bicolorous stamens with tetrasporangiate anther. Microlicia hirticalyx resembles M. polystemma Naudin (1845: 179) by the leaf blade ciliate at the margin and obovate petal. However, M. hirticalyx has a denser indumentum (vs. sparser in M. polystemma), magenta petal (vs. pink), and bicolorous stamens with vinaceous and yellow anther (vs. concolorous, yellow).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB3FFAD86C37893FF4BF998	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB3FFAC86C37F37FAC7FC95.text	03D22220FFB3FFAC86C37F37FAC7FC95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia inquinans Naudin 1845	<div><p>12. Microlicia inquinans Naudin (1845: 171) (Fig. 4A)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.4–1.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular-punctate, sometimes hirsute, and sparsely glandular-hirsute, often with vernicous aspect, old branch subterete, glabrescent, or not, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 9–25 × 2–8 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, acute, and apiculate at the apex, base rounded, margin crenulate, rarely glandular-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, rarely setose and glandular, often with vernicous aspect, 3–7-nerved, basal. Flower disposed in glomerulus, terminal, 5-merous; sessile or pedicel 0.5–1 mm long; bract 8–10 × 2–3.5 mm, bracteole 4–5.5 × 1–3 mm; hypanthium 3–4 × 3–3.5 mm, green or cream with vinaceous stains, campanulate, slightly 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate, apex sparsely glandular and setose, sometimes completely glandular and setose; sepal 3.5–6 × 1.5–2.5 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular or oblong, glandular-punctate, sometimes glandular and setose, apex acute and apiculate, margin glandular-ciliate or glandular-punctate; petal 11–18 × 5–11.5 mm, magenta, obovate, rarely oblong, apex acuminate and acute-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 5.5–7 mm long, purplish, sometimes yellow at the base, pedoconnective 3–5 mm long, purplish, ventral appendage 1.5–2 mm long, purplish at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate at the apex, anther 2.5–3 × 0.8–1 mm, purplish, beak ca. 0.8 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 4.5–6.5 mm long, purplish, sometimes yellow at the base, pedoconnective 1–1.75 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 0.5–0.75 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2.5–3 × ca. 0.7 mm, yellow, beak 0.5–0.7 mm long; ovary 3- locular, superior; style 5–7.5 mm long, purplish. Capsule 3–4.5 × 3–4 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, mature capsule with apex exceeding the hypanthium torus, columella deciduous; seed 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, represa de Furnas, Paraíso Perdido, ca. 5 km da rodovia MG 050, 12 July 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7726 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Paraíso Selvagem, trilha para Cachoeira Salto Solitário, 20°26’04”S, 46°38’73”W, 845 m, 11 March 2003 (fl), R. Romero et al. 6706 (CEN, HEPH, HUFU). São Roque de Minas, Cachoeira Casca D’Anta, Parte de cima da cachoeira, 25 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3485 (NY, MBM, HUFU, SP).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia inquinans is endemic to Minas Gerais (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre and campo limpo with rocky soil, near to the water streams.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia inquinans was collected with flower in February to May, July, and October and with fruit in February to July, and October.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: —The differences between M. inquinans and M. capitata were noted under M. capitata .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB3FFAC86C37F37FAC7FC95	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB2FFAC86C37A43FC84F8DC.text	03D22220FFB2FFAC86C37A43FC84F8DC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia isophylla De Candolle 1828	<div><p>13. Microlicia isophylla De Candolle (1828: 120) (Fig. 4B)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.3–0.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular-punctate, old branch subterete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 2–7 × 0.5–4 mm, with the same internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, apex apiculate, base attenuate, margin entire or slightly crenulate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, 1-nerved. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1.5–2 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium ca. 2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, green, suburceolate or campanulate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate; sepal 1.5–2.5 × ca. 0.5 mm, green, narrow-triangular or triangular-subulate, glandular-punctate, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire and glandular-punctate; petal 6.5–8 × 3.5–5 mm, magenta, obovate or oblong, apex acute-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament ca. 4 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective 2–2.5 mm long, purplish or vinaceous, ventral appendage ca. 1.5 mm long, purplish or vinaceous at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate at the apex, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm long, purplish or vinaceous, beak 0.1–0.4 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3–3.5 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective 0.8–1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 0.2–0.3 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1 × 0.5 mm, yellow, beak 0.1–0.4 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 3.5–4 mm long, purplish, sometimes light pink at the apex. Capsule 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.3 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Delfinópolis, estrada para Casinha Branca, muro de pedras, 12 March 2003 (fl), R.L. Volpi et al. 588 (ESA, HUFU). Sacramento, morro próximo à sede administrativa, 17 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1902 (CAS, HUFU, MBM, UEC). São Roque de Minas, 20 May 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 601 (HUFU, UPCB).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia isophylla occurs in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia isophylla was collected with flower in February, March, and May and with fruit in February, March, May, and June.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia isophylla is readily recognized by its ascending and not imbricate leaf, with the same internode length, and glandular-punctate indumentum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB2FFAC86C37A43FC84F8DC	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB2FFAF86C37E8BFE04FC58.text	03D22220FFB2FFAF86C37E8BFE04FC58.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia martiana O. Berg ex Triana 1872	<div><p>14. Microlicia martiana O.Berg ex Triana (1872: 28) (Fig. 4C)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.3–0.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous or trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular-punctate, old branch subterete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf petiolate, petiole 0.4–0.6 mm long, ascending, not imbricate; blade 5–12 × 0.5–2 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, linear-lanceolate, apex acute, base attenuate, margin entire or slightly crenulate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, 1–3-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel ca. 1.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2–2.5 × ca. 1.5 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, campanulate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate; sepal 3–3.5 × 0.5–1 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, triangular-subulate, glandular-punctate, apex acute, margin entire; petal 6–8 × 4–5 mm, magenta, obovate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong or ovate-oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–4 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective ca. 1.5 mm long, purplish, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, purplish at the base and yellow at the apex, truncate at the apex, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, vinaceous, beak ca. 0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–3 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective ca. 0.4 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.1 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1 × 0.5 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.2 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 2.5–3.5 mm long, vinaceous. Capsule 3–4.5 × 2–3 mm, oblong, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.4 × 0.2 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Cachoeira Casca D’Anta, trilha para a parte de baixo, 13 January 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3298 (HUFU, NY, US).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia martiana is endemic to Minas Gerais (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia martiana was collected with flower from January to April, and September, and with fruit from January to May, and September.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia martiana is a subshrub or shrub, with a glandular-punctate indumentum, magenta petal, and bicolorous stamens with tetrasporangiate anther. The differences between M. flava and M. martiana were noted under M. flava and the differences between M. martiana and M. sanfranciscana R.Romero &amp; Ferreira-Alves was discussed under the latter.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB2FFAF86C37E8BFE04FC58	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFB1FFB186C37AF7FDC0FE89.text	03D22220FFB1FFB186C37AF7FDC0FE89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia minensis Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>15. Microlicia minensis Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 53) (Fig. 4D)</p><p>≡ Lavoisiera canastrensis Almeda &amp; A.B.Martins, Phytotaxa (2017: 60)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–0.5 m tall, erect, sparingly branched. Branch dichotomous, slender, young, and old quadrangular, glandular in the nodes, leafless with age or not, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole ca. 1 mm long, ascending, imbricate or not; blade 6–22 × 3–10 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, greenish-gray to yellowish-green, oblong-elliptic, ovate-oblong to ovate, acute-acuminate, apex pungent, base subrounded to broadly cuneate, margin serrulate-ciliate, callose or not, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely setose along the midvein on abaxial surface, 1-nerved. Flower in simple or compound dichasium, or reduced to one bracteolate flower, axillary or terminal, 5–6-merous, sessile; bract 8–9 × ca. 4 mm, bracteole 6–9 × 1.5–2 mm; hypanthium 4–6 × 2–4.5 mm, green-reddish, campanulate, multi-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glabrous or sparsely setose at the apex; sepal 4–5 × 1.5–2 mm, green, triangular, adaxial surface glabrous and abaxial surface sparsely glandular, apex acute and apiculate, margin glandular-ciliate; petal 10–18 × 5–6 mm, pink or light pink and white at the base, obovate, apex rounded to obtuse, apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10–12, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther ovate-oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5–6, filament 7–8 mm long, yellow, pedoconnective 4–6 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 1–2 mm long, yellow, bilobed at the apex, anther 2.5–3 × 1–1.5 mm long, reddish, beak ca. 0.4 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5–6, filament 5–6 mm long, yellow, pedoconnective 1.5–2 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.3 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–3 × 0.8–1 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.3 mm long; ovary 5–6-locular, partly inferior; style ca. 7 mm long, cream. Capsule 5–7 × 2.5–4 mm, globose, dehiscing from the base to the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella not seen; seed 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, nascente do rio São Francisco, 27 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3512 (CAS, HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia minensis is endemic to Minas Gerais, occurring only in campo rupestre from SCNP (Martins &amp; Almeda 2017, as Lavoisiera canastrensis).</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia minensis was collected with flower in January to July, and November and fruit in January, March, and from May to July.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia minensis is a subshrub, sparingly branched, pink or light pink petal and white at the base, and bicolorous stamens with tetrasporangiate anther. The differences between M. cataphracta and M. minensis were noted under M. cataphracta .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFB1FFB186C37AF7FDC0FE89	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFAFFFB286C37827FE50FE3C.text	03D22220FFAFFFB286C37827FE50FE3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia nakajimae R. Romero & Ferreira-Alves 2025	<div><p>16. Microlicia nakajimae R.Romero &amp; Ferreira-Alves, sp. nov. (Figs. 5–6)</p><p>Diagnosis: — Microlicia nakajimae is morphologically similar to M. inquinans Naudin, but differs in having flowers in dichasium, or reduced to one bracteolate flower (vs. only in glomerules in M. inquinans), cylindrical hypanthium (vs. campanulate) with linear-subulate sepal (vs. triangular or oblong).</p><p>Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada para Sacramento, 3 km da sede administrativa, 17 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1979 (holotype: HUFU!; isotypes: BHCB!, RB!, US!) .</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.5–1.5 m tall, erect. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, slightly winged, greenish, glandular-punctate, sparse or densely hirsute and hirsute-glandular, leafy, old branch subterete, brown-yellowish, glabrescent, leafy or leafless at the base, xylopodium absent; internode 3–10 mm long. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate, chartaceous, concolorous, green; blade 7–17 × 2–5 mm, longer than the internode length, elliptic or narrowly ovate, apex acute, rarely apiculate, base rounded, margin crenulate or rarely sparse-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, abaxial surface sometimes setose in the midrib, 3–5-nerved, basal, midrib prominent on the abaxial surface. Inflorescence in glomerulus, or dichasium, or reduced to one bracteolate flower, axillary or terminal, bract 7–13 × 4–6.5 mm, sessile or petiolate, petiole ca. 0.2 mm long, ovate, apex acuminate, bracteole 3–6 × 2–3 mm, sessile, ovate, apex acuminate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, sometimes sparsely setose. Flower 5-merous, sessile or pedicel ca. 0.3 mm long; hypanthium 3.5–3.7 × 2.2–2.7 mm, cylindrical, smooth or slightly 10-striate, green or brown-yellowish (when dry), glandular-punctate, densely setose, sometimes glandular; calyx tube ca. 0.4 mm long, sepal 3–4 × 0.3–0.5 mm, linear-subulate, acute, apiculate or not, apiculum 0.1–0.2 mm long, shorter than the hypanthium length, smooth, ascending, vinaceous or green-yellowish (when dry), glandular-punctate, often setose and glandular, not veined; petal 8.5–10.5 × 4.8–6 mm, magenta, obovate, apex slightly acuminate, not apiculate, margin entire, glabrous. Stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther ovate-oblong, tetrasporangiate; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments 3–4 mm long, vinaceous, anther 1–2 × ca. 0.5 mm, vinaceous, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long, white, pedoconnective ca. 2 mm long, vinaceous, ventral appendage 1–1.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments ca. 3.5 mm long, vinaceous, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, yellow, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long, white-yellowish, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.5 mm long, yellow, rounded and curved at the apex; ovary 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm, 3-locular, globose, superior, glabrous; style 4.5–8 mm long, pink, straight or curved at apex, stigma punctiform. Capsule ca. 5.5 × 4 mm, ovate-oblong, brownish, dehiscing into 3 valves from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire ovary and peeling off from top to bottom as the fruit matures, mature capsule with apex not exceeding the hypanthium torus, sepal persistent, columella deciduous. Seeds ca. 0.6 × 0.4 mm, numerous, pale brown, half slightly curved to one side, testa foveolate.</p><p>Paratypes: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada para Sacramento, 21 July 1994 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 176 (HUFU!, RB!, SP!, US!) ; idem, estrada para Casca D’Anta, 22 March 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 717 (BHCB!, HUFU!, US!) ; idem, estrada para Sacramento, 2 km da sede, 21 February 1994 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 175 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!) ; idem, lado esquerdo da colina próxima à sede, 24 February 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 706 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!) ; idem, morro próximo à nascente do Rio São Francisco, 20 February 1997 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 2160 (HUFU!, RB!, SP!) ; J.N. Nakajima et al. 2160 (BHCB!, HUFU!, SPF!); idem, 09 January 1998 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 4848 (HUFU!, SP!); idem, morro próximo à sede administrativa, 17 March 1995 (fl), R. Romero et al. 1911 (HUFU!, RB!, US!) ; R. Romero et al. 1938 (BHCB!, HUFU!); idem, 27 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3529 (BHCB! HUFU!, RB!, SP!); idem, 22 September 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3596 (HUFU!); idem, 19 February 1997 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3826 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, nascente do Rio São Francisco, 15 July 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 2412 (HUFU!, RB!) ; idem, próximo à guarita de Sacramento, 20 March 2023 (fl.), R. Romero et al. 9581 (HUFU!) ; idem, próximo à sede, beira da estrada, 20 February 1994 (fl), R. Romero et al. 610 (BHCB!, HUFU!) ; idem, Serra Brava, 20 February 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2175 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!) ; idem, topo da colina próximo ao alojamento, 21 February 1994 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 169 (HUFU!, SP!) ; idem, trilha do Chapadão do Diamante, 20 March 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3375 (HUFU!, SP!, US!) ; idem, 18 April 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2336 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, trilha para o Sítio João Domingos, 20 March 1996 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3335 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, US!) ; idem, 26 May 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1815 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!) .</p><p>Distribution, habitat, and conservation: — Microlicia nakajimae is endemic to the SCNP, occurring in the eastern portion of the park, in the area covered by the municipality of São Roque de Minas (Fig. 1), in campo rupestre and campo limpo at about 1,300 m.</p><p>This species has a restricted geographic distribution, with a small extent of occurrence (EOO= 47.4 km ²) and area of occupancy (AOO= 20 km ²), based on two 2 × 2 km grid squares. According to the categories proposed by IUCN (2001, 2022), following the criterion B1 (EOO, Extent of Occurrence estimated to be less than 100 km ²), this species would be classified as Critically Endangered (CR) category, and following the criterion B2 (AOO, Area of Occupancy estimated to be less than 500 km ²), would be classified as Endangered (EN). However, our knowledge of M. nakajimae populations shows that the Least Concern (LC) category [B1+B2ab(iii)] would be the most appropriate, despite the extent of occurrence and area of occupancy being smaller than the minimum required for this category. Their populations occur within a conservation unit, where apparently there are not many threats, although some locations are impacted by occasional fires during the dry season (Medeiros &amp; Fiedler 2014). Furthermore, some populations occur along the road that crosses the park and is used by residents and tourists. However, we have not observed a decline in occupancy and population size of M. nakajimae over the past 30 years (pers. obs.).</p><p>Etymology: —The specific epithet is a tribute to the Brazilian botanist Jimi Naoki Nakajima, one of the coordinators of the floristic inventory carried out at SCNP from 1994 to 2006 and collected almost six thousand samples (CRIA 2025), in addition to the holotype and several paratypes of the new species.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia nakajimae was collected with flower and fruit from January to May, and July and September.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia nakajimae resembles M. inquinans by the sessile, ascending, and not imbricate leaf, blade often crenulate at the margin, and flowers in glomerulus. In addition to the morphological features mentioned in the diagnosis, M. nakajimae also has smaller petal 8.5–10.5 × 4.8–6 mm (vs. larger, 11–18 × 5–11.5 mm in M. inquinans), smaller antesepalous stamens with filaments 3–4 mm long, anther 1–2 × ca. 0.5 mm long, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long (vs. larger, filaments 5.5–7 mm long; anther 2.5–3 × 0.8–1 mm; beak ca. 0.8 mm long), and smaller antepetalous stamens with filaments ca. 3.5 mm long, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm long (vs. filaments 4.5–6.5 mm long; anther 2.5–3 × ca. 0.7 mm long). In M. nakajimae, the apex of the mature capsule does not exceed the torus, while in M. inquinans, the apex exceeds the torus, keeping it exposed. Microlicia nakajimae also resembles M. capitata by its sessile and ascending leaf, and glomerulus inflorescence. However, it differs in having a sparser indumentum (vs. denser in M. capitata), and flowers also in dichasium, or dichasium reduced to one bracteolate flower (vs. only in glomerulus), cylindrical hypanthium (vs. campanulate), elliptic or narrowly ovate leaf blade (vs. lanceolate) and glabrous petal at the margin (vs. ciliate-glandular).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFAFFFB286C37827FE50FE3C	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFACFFB286C378EBFC5DF960.text	03D22220FFACFFB286C378EBFC5DF960.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia parviflora (Don) Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>17. Microlicia parviflora (Don) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 54) (Figs. 4E–F)</p><p>≡ Meriania parviflora Don (1823: 323) ≡ Trembleya parviflora (Don) Cogniaux in Martius (1883: 127)</p><p>Shrub or small tree, 0.4–3 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, glandular-punctate, and glandular, densely glandular in the nodes, old branch quadrangular, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf petiolate, petiole 0.5–20 mm long, patent to slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 2–8.5 × 0.5–3 mm, longer than the internode length, discolorous, adaxial surface darker, elliptic, or obovate, apex acute, base attenuate, margin entire and revolute, both surfaces glandular-punctate, abaxial surface sparsely glandular, 3-nerved, basal. Inflorescence in dichasium, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–2.5 mm long; bract 7–15 × 1–4 mm, bracteole 3.5–9 × 1–2 mm; hypanthium 2–3 × ca. 2 mm, green, campanulate or slightly urceolate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate; sepal 0.7–3 × 1–1.5 mm, green, triangular-subulate, glandular-punctate, apex acute, margin entire and glandular-punctate; petal 6–7.5 × 3.5–5 mm, white petal with pink nuances at the base or entirely pink, obovate, apex rounded or retuse, margin entire, glandular-ciliate; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther ovate or oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3.5–4.5 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 2–4.5 mm long, pink, ventral appendage ca. 1.3 mm long, pink at the base and yellow at the apex, bilobed at the apex, anther 1–1.5 × ca. 0.6 mm long, vinaceous, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–3.5 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 0.5–1 mm long, yellow or pink, ventral appendage ca. 0.1 mm long, yellow, slightly bilobed at the apex, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.3 mm long; ovary 5-locular, superior; style 3.5–4 mm long, pink. Capsule 3–4 × 2.5–4 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.2 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada para Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, 13 July 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7812 (HUFU, UB). Delfinópolis, estrada para a Babilônia, Barreiro, alto da serra, 24 May 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3442 (HUFU). Sacramento, Guarita de Sacramento, 09 May 1995 (fl), R. Romero et al. 2155 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, Cachoeira Casca D’Anta, morro ao lado, 28 June 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1078 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia parviflora has a wide distribution, occurring in Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, Paraná, and Distrito Federal (Pacifico &amp; Fidanza 2025, as Trembleya parviflora). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia parviflora was collected with flower from February to July, and September to November, and fruit from March to July, and September to October.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia parviflora has a shrubby or arboreal habit, discolorous leaf, branch with glandular-punctate and glandular indumentum, densely glandular at the node. In addition, it has leaf blade with entire and revolute margin, glandular-punctate on both surfaces, sparsely glandular only at the abaxial surface. Most populations of M. parviflora have white petals with pink nuances at the base. However, some populations from Garagem das Pedras, Guarita de Sacramento, and Cachoeira Casca D’Anta have entirely pink petal.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFACFFB286C378EBFC5DF960	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFACFFB586C37E1FFD6FFBB4.text	03D22220FFACFFB586C37E1FFD6FFBB4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia phlogiformis (De Candolle) Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>18. Microlicia phlogiformis (De Candolle) Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 54) (Fig. 4G)</p><p>≡ Trembleya phlogiformis De Candolle (1828: 126)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.4–0.8 m tall, erect, much branched. Branch trichotomous, slender, young, and old quadrangular, glandular, leafy to the base, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole 2–3 mm long, patent to slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 3.5–6 × 1–2.5 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic or obovate-oblong, apex acute or rarely slightly rounded, base attenuate to rounded, margin serrulate-ciliate, both surfaces glandular, 3- nerved, basal. Inflorescence in dichasium, or reduced to one bracteolate flower, axillary or terminal, 5-merous; pedicel 2–8 mm long; bract 8–11 × ca. 2.5 mm, bracteole 5–4.5 × 1–2 mm; hypanthium 3.5–4 × 2–2.5 mm, vinaceous or green, sometimes with vinaceous stains, oblong or urceolate, 10-striate or smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular; sepal 2–5 × 0.5–1 mm, vinaceous or green, triangular-lanceolate, triangular-subulate or linear, glandular, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire and glandular-ciliate; petal 7–9.5 × 3–7 mm, purplish or white, obovate-oblong, apex acute or acuminate, sometimes glandular-apiculate, margin entire, sometimes glandular-ciliate at the apex; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous or bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3–3.5 mm long, purplish or yellow, pedoconnective 2–3 mm long, purplish or yellow, ventral appendage 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, slightly bilobed or sometimes rounded at the apex, anther ca. 2 × 0.5 mm long, purplish or yellow, beak ca. 0.3 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–3 mm long, purplish or yellow, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 0.3–0.5 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 1.5–2 × ca. 0.5 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.3 mm long; ovary 5-locular, superior; style 3–4.5 mm long, cream. Capsule 3–8 × 2–4 mm, ovate-oblong, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.5 × 0.2 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, entrada depois do Paraíso Perdido em direção ao paredão, Represa de Furnas, 16 February 2006 (fl, fr), E.K.O. Hattori et al. 489 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Fazenda Zé Antunes, trilha casinha branca, 11 April 2002 (fl, fr), R.A. Pacheco et al. 138 (HUFU, SPF). Sacramento, próximo à guarita de Sacramento, 16 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1853 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, estrada para cachoeira dos Rolinhos, 26 May 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1788 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia phlogiformis has a wide distribution, occurring in Bahia, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, and Distrito Federal (Pacifico &amp; Fidanza 2025, as Trembleya phlogiformis). In the SCNP occurs in campo limpo, campo úmido, campo cerrado, and campo sujo.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia phlogiformis was collected with flower and fruit from January to May, and September.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia phlogiformis is readily recognized by its subshrubby habit, concolorous leaf, glandular indumentum and purplish or white petal.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFACFFB586C37E1FFD6FFBB4	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFABFFB486C37D63FC93FE89.text	03D22220FFABFFB486C37D63FC93FE89.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia polystemma Naudin 1845	<div><p>19. Microlicia polystemma Naudin (1845: 179) (Fig. 4H)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–0.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, hirsute, old branch quadrangular to subterete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 4–12 × 1–6 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate to ovate-oblong, rarely oblong, apex acute and apiculate, base rounded, margin ciliate, entire or slightly serrulate, both surfaces glandular-punctate and hirsute or not, 1-nerved. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–2 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 3.5–4.5 × ca. 2 mm, green or vinaceous, suburceolate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and dense or sparsely hirsute; sepal 2–3.5 × 0.5–1.5 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular, glandular-punctate and hirsute or not, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire, often ciliate; petal 9–13 × 6–11 mm, pink, obovate, apex rounded, sometimes apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, concolorous, yellow, anther ovate-oblong, polysporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3.5–4.5 mm long, yellow or rarely pink, pedoconnective 1.5–2 mm long, yellow or rarely pink, ventral appendage ca. 0.5 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex, anther 2.5–3.5 × 0.5–1 mm long, yellow, sometimes with pink stains at the pedoconnective insertion, beak 0.5–0.7 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3–4 mm long, yellow, rarely pink, pedoconnective 0.7–1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage inconspicuous, ca. 0.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–3 × 0.5–0.7 mm, yellow, beak 0.3–0.6 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 6–8.5 mm long, pink. Capsule 4–5 × 2.5–3 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed 0.7–1 × ca. 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, Paraíso Perdido, 16 February 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7623 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, estrada para Guarita, 20°16’52”S, 46°52’16”W, 816 m, 14 May 2003 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 6826 (HCF, HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 19 February 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1477 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia polystemma occurs in Minas Gerais, Goiás, São Paulo, and Distrito Federal (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia polystemma was collected with flower from January to May, and September to December and fruit from January to May, July, and October to December.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia polystemma has a highly branched, subshrub habit, 1-nerved leaf blade, ciliate at the margin, pink and obovate petal, yellow stamens, and polysporangiate anther. The differences between M. polystemma and M. hirticalyx were noted under M. hirticalyx .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFABFFB486C37D63FC93FE89	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFAAFFB986C37827FF5BFBB4.text	03D22220FFAAFFB986C37827FF5BFBB4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia sanfranciscana R. Romero & Ferreira-Alves 2025	<div><p>20. Microlicia sanfranciscana R.Romero &amp; Ferreira-Alves, sp. nov. (Figs. 7–8)</p><p>Diagnosis: — Microlicia sanfranciscana is morphologically similar to M. scoparia, but differs in having not imbricate leaf (vs. slightly imbricate in M. scoparia), blade 3–7(–13) × 0.5–1.5(–4) mm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic (vs. ca. 4 × 0.4 mm, linear), leaf and sepal acute and not apiculate at the apex (vs. acuminate and apiculate), sepal 3–4 × 1–2 mm, triangular to narrow-triangular (vs. 4.5–5 × ca. 0.3 mm, linear), oblong to ovate-oblong anther (vs. ovate), and obovate-oblong petal (vs. obovate).</p><p>Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">estrada para parte de cima da Cachoeira Casca D’Anta</a>, 20°14’18,8” S, 46°26’50,9” W, 1379 m, 09 September 2021 (fl, fr), R.F. Alves et al. 22 (holotype: HUFU!; isotypes: BHCB!, RB!, SP!) .</p><p>Subshrub, 0.1–0.5 m tall, erect, cespitose. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young and old branch quadrangular, brownish or greenish, glandular-punctate, leafy or sometimes leafless at the base, xylopodium present; internode 3–9 mm long. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate, membranous, concolorous, green; blade 3–7(–13) × 0.5–1.5(–4) mm, longer than the internode length, linear-lanceolate or elliptic, apex acute, not apiculate, base attenuate, margin entire, both surfaces with indumentum glandular-punctate, 1-nerved, sometimes inconspicuous. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 4–5-merous, pedicel 1–3.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2–4 × 1–2 mm, cylindrical, smooth or slightly 10-striate, green or vinaceous, glandular-punctate; calyx tube inconspicuous, sepal 3–4 × 1–2 mm, triangular to narrow-triangular, acute, longer or the same length as the hypanthium, smooth, ascending, green or vinaceous, glandular-punctate, not veined; petal 7–16 × 4–12 mm, pink, sometimes cream at the base, obovate-oblong, apex acuminate, not apiculate, margin entire, glabrous. Stamens 8–10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong to ovate-oblong, tetrasporangiate; larger (antesepalous) stamens 4–5, filaments 3–5.5 mm long, pink, anther 2–3 × ca. 0.5 mm (including beak), vinaceous, sometimes cream, beak ca. 0.5 mm long, pink or white, pedoconnective 1.5–2.5 mm long, pink, ventral appendage 1.3–1.5 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 4–5, filaments 2.5–4.5 mm long, pink, anther 1.5–2.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm (including beak), yellow, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long, yellow or white, pedoconnective 0.2–0.5 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage 0.1–0.3 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex; ovary 2.5–4 × 1.5–2 mm, 3-locular, globose-oblong, superior, glabrous; style 2–3.5 mm long, pink, terete, curved at apex, stigma punctiform. Capsule 3–5 × ca. 3 mm, globose or oblong, brownish, dehiscing into 3 valves from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire ovary and peeling off from top to bottom as the fruit matures, columella deciduous. Seeds ca. 0.4 × 0.2 mm, numerous, pale brown, half slightly curved to one side, testa foveolate.</p><p>Paratypes: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, 2 km da sede administrativa, 15 October 1994 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 509 (HUFU!) ; 17 April 1994 (fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 284 (HUFU!); 19 November 2002 (fl, fr), R.A. Pacheco et al. 302 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!); idem, Cachoeira Casca D’Anta, 10 December 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1560 (HUFU!, RB!, SPF!, US!) ; idem, 12 January 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1780 (HUFU!, K!, MBM!, NY!); idem, R. Romero et al. 1781 (HUFU!, MBM!, UEC!, US!); idem, 12 May 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1053 (CAS!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!); idem, 19 November 2002 (fl), P.C. Duarte et al. 39 (HUFU!); idem, 08 February 2012 (fr), A.F.A. Versiane et al. 64 (HUFU!); idem, Chapadão do Diamante, 11 May 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 2185 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, US!) ; idem, 20 November 1995 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3173 (HUFU!, NY!, SP!, US!); idem, 15 October 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2840 (HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!); idem, estrada da Serra Brava, 23 November 1995 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1589 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!, US!) ; idem, estrada para o sítio João Domingos, 15 October 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2875 (BHCB!, F!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!, UEC!) ; idem, 20 August 1997 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 2639 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!); idem, estrada para Cachoeira Casca D’Anta, 28 September 1995 (fl), R. Romero et al. 2978 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!) ; idem, 20°14’18,8” S, 46°26’50,9” W, 1379 m, 09 November 2021 (fl, fr), R.F. Alves et al. 18 (HUFU!, RB!); idem, R.F. Alves et al. 19 (BHCB, HUFU!, RB!); idem, R.F. Alves et al. 20 (HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!); idem, (fl), R.F. Alves et al. 21 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">estrada para Sacramento, morro próximo ao Córrego dos Passageiros</a>, 28 April 1995 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3003 (HUFU!, NY!, RB!, SP!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">estrada São Roque de Minas—Sacramento, 3 km da sede administrativa</a>, 10 January 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1688 (HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">Morro após a nascente do rio São Francisco</a>, 11 January 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1705 (BHCB!, HUFU!, NY!, R!) ; idem, 08 December 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1478 (HUFU!, MBM!, NY!); idem, 16 October 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1294 (HUFU!); idem, 19 November 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1505 (HUFU!, CAS!); idem, J.N. Nakajima et al. 1506 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!, US!); idem, 20 November 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3781 (HUFU!, US!); idem, R. Romero et al. 3782 (BHCB!, F!, HUFU!, K!, RB!, SP!, SPF!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">morro após o córrego dos passageiros</a>, 21 November 1996 (fl), J.N. Nakajima 2129 (BHCB!, HUFU!, K!, NY!, RB!, SP!, SPF!) ; idem, 10 January 1998 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 4949 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">morro próximo à sede administrativa</a>, 26 June 1994 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1051 (HUFU!, UPCB!) ; idem, 22 September 1996 (fl), R. Romero et al. 3592 (HUFU!, K!, NY!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">morro próximo ao centro de visitantes</a>, 25 September 1995 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1292 (HUFU!, SPF!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">Nascente do Rio São Francisco</a>, 16 October 1994 (fl), R. Romero et al. 1283 (HUFU!, RB!) ; idem, 25 September 1995 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1301 (HUFU!); idem, 07 December 1994 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 679 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, 27 November 2008 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 8197 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!); idem, 27 November 2008 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 8198 (HUFU!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">Serra Brava, próximo ao Mirante</a>, 28 September 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 2985 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!, SP!, SPF!, US!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">trilha da cachoeira Casca D’Anta</a>, 19 November 2002 (fl), P.C. Duarte et al. 47 (HUFU!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">Guarita 3</a>, 19 November 2002 (fl, fr), H.R. Fleury-Silva et al. 209 (BHCB!, HUFU!) ; idem, 22 November 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3194 (BHCB!, F!, HUFU!, RB!, SPF!, US!); idem, R. Romero et al. 3208 (BHCB!, HUFU!, RB!); idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">trilha da nascente São Francisco</a>, 21 February 1994 (fl), J.N. Nakajima et al. 165 (HUFU!, MBM!, UPCB!) ; idem, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.44747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.238556" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.44747/lat -20.238556)">trilha para a parte de baixo da Cachoeira da Casca D’Anta</a>, 29 September 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1391 (HUFU!, SP!, SPF!, US!) ; idem, J.N. Nakajima et al. 1403 (BHCB!, HUFU!, US!); idem, J.N. Nakajima et al. 1416 (HUFU!, US!); idem, 21 February 1997 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3892 (HUFU!, MBM!, SP!, SPF!) .</p><p>Distribution, habitat, and conservation: — Microlicia sanfranciscana is endemic to the SCNP, Minas Gerais, Brazil, occurring in the eastern portion of the park, in the area covered by the municipality of São Roque de Minas (see Fig. 1), in campo limpo on sandy and wet soil associated with rock outcroups, between 1,200 and 1,400 m (Fig. 7A).</p><p>This species has a restricted geographic distribution, with a small extent of occurrence (EOO= 110.8 km ²) and area of occupancy (AOO= 32 km ²), based on two 2 × 2 km grid squares. According to the categories proposed by IUCN (2001, 2022), following the criterion B1 (EOO, Extent of Occurrence estimated to be less than 5,000 km ²) and B2 (AOO, Area of Occupancy estimated to be less than 500 km ²), this species would be classified as Endangered (EN) category. However, we suggest preliminarily classifying it as Least Concern (LC) [B1+B2ab(iii)], despite the extent of occurrence and area of occupancy being smaller than the minimum required, since the populations occur within a conservation unit, where apparently there are not many threats. The area where these populations occur can be impacted by periodic fires that occasionally occur during the dry season (Medeiros &amp; Fiedler 2014) and by intense tourism from visitors to the sources of the São Francisco River. However, it is crucial to emphasize that these threats are not significant or continuous enough to impact the populations, and it should be noted that we have not observed any decline in occupancy and population size of M. sanfranciscana over the past 30 years (pers. obs.).</p><p>Etymology: —The specific epithet is a tribute to São Francisco River, one of the most important in Brazil and known as the “river of national integration” for connecting Brazil’s Northeast and Southeast regions (Srdjevic et al. 2022). Its source is in the Serra da Canastra and a large population of M. sanfranciscana is found near it.</p><p>Phenology: —It was collected with flower in April, May and from August to February, and with fruit in April, May and from August to January.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: —Due to the expressive polymorphism of this new species, for more than 20 years, the collections from SCNP were mistakenly identified as two distinct species: Microlicia scoparia and M. pseudoscoparia . The specimens identified as M. pseudoscoparia have larger size plants and leaves (e.g., J.N. Nakajima et al. 1403, and R. Romero et al. 1781, 3194, 3782), while those identified as M. scoparia have smaller leaves (e.g., J.N. Nakajima et al. 1005, 1053, and R. Romero et al. 2185, 3781) (see Romero 2000a). Currently, M. pseudoscoparia is considered a synonym of M. multicaulis Martius ex Naudin (1845: 184) (see Romero 2013), and, like M. scoparia, it occurs in campo rupestre from the Espinhaço Range, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Microlicia sanfranciscana bears some resemblance to M. scoparia in having sessile leaves and a glandular-punctate indumentum. However, it differs in having the morphological features mentioned in the diagnosis. Microlicia sanfranciscana also resembles M. multicaulis by its often linear-lanceolate leaf blade, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base, and glandular-punctate indumentum. However, it differs in being a subshrub with few branches compared to M. multicaulis . In addition, it has sessile leaves (vs. petiolate in M. multicaulis) and petals not apiculate at the apex (vs. apiculate). Microlicia sanfranciscana also resembles Microlicia martiana by its often a linear-lanceolate leaf blade, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base, and glandular-punctate indumentum. However, it differs in having sessile leaves (vs. petiolate in M. martiana), 1-nerved (vs. 1–3-nerved), and pink petals, which are cream-colored at the base (vs. entirely magenta). Microlicia sanfranciscana and M. rugosa R. Romero &amp; Versiane (2019: 37) share subshrubby habits, ascending and not imbricating leaves with glandular-punctate indumentum. However, it differs in having a smooth or slightly 10-striate hypanthium (vs. wrinkled in M. rugosa), linear to linear-lanceolate or elliptic leaf blade (vs. lanceolate or oblanceolate), acute and sometimes apiculate at the apex (vs. obtuse), triangular to triangular-subulate sepal, 3–4 × 1–2 mm (vs. triangular to oblong-triangular, 1–3 × 0.8–1 mm), and pink petals, sometimes with a cream-colored base (vs. entirely magenta) (Romero et al. 2019).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFAAFFB986C37827FF5BFBB4	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA7FFB886C37D63FA97FE19.text	03D22220FFA7FFB886C37D63FA97FE19.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia serpyllifolia Don 1823	<div><p>21. Microlicia serpyllifolia Don (1823: 302) (Fig. 9A–B)</p><p>Subshrub or shrub, 0.3–0.8 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular to slighlty terete, velutinous, and glandular-punctate, old branch quadrangular or subterete, glabrescent, often leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile or petiolate, petiole 0.2–0.5 mm long, patent or slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 2.5–15 × 1.5–10 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong to oblong, apex acute or rounded, sometimes apiculate, base rounded to attenuate, margin entire or crenulate, ciliate, both surfaces densely velutinous and glandular-punctate, 3–5-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–4.5 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 2–3 × 1.5–2.5 mm, vinaceous or green, often with vinaceous stains, cylindrical or oblong-campanulate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, velutinous and glandular-punctate; sepal 2–4 × 0.7–1 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular to triangular-subulate, velutinous and glandular-punctate, apex apiculate and acuminate or acute, margin entire and glandular-punctate; petal 5–13.5 × 4–6.5 mm, magenta or pink, sometimes cream at the base, oblong to obovate, apex acuminate, often asymmetrically acuminate and apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous or rarely concolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3–4 mm long, vinaceous, rarely cream, pedoconnective 2–4 mm long, vinaceous, rarely cream, ventral appendage 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex, anther 2–2.5 × ca. 0.5 mm long, vinaceous or rarely yellow, sometimes with yellow or red stains, beak 0.5–0.8 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–3.5 mm long, vinaceous, rarely cream, pedoconnective 0.6–1.5 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.5 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 1.5–2 × ca. 0.3 mm, yellow, beak 0.3–0.5 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 4–7 mm long, vinaceous or cream. Capsule 2.5–4 × 2–3 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, morro em frente a Pousada, 09 December 2005 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7485 (HUFU, US). Delfinópolis, Condomínio de Pedra, 17 May 2003 (fl, fr), R.L. Volpi et al. 721 (HUFU). Sacramento, próximo a guarita de Sacramento, 16 March 1995 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 1880 (CAS, HUFU). São Roque de Minas, estrada para Guarita de Sacramento, 20°08’30”S, 46°45’53”W, 1362 m, 10 November 2021 (fl, fr), R.F. Alves et al. 32 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia serpyllifolia occurs in Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Distrito Federal (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo rupestre, campo limpo, and rarely in campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia serpyllifolia was collected with flower and fruit throughout the year.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia serpyllifolia is readily recognized by its velutinous indumentum, flower with a long pedicel (1–4.5 mm long), magenta or pink petal, and bicolorous, rarely concolorous stamens with tetrasporangiate anther. The differences between M. euphorbioides and M. serpyllifolia were noted under M. euphorbioides .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA7FFB886C37D63FA97FE19	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA6FFBB86C37E3DFC31FC00.text	03D22220FFA6FFBB86C37E3DFC31FC00.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia speciosa Versiane & R. Romero 2021	<div><p>22. Microlicia speciosa Versiane &amp; R.Romero (2021: 54)</p><p>≡ Lavoisiera elegans Cogniaux in Martius (1883: 160)</p><p>Shrub, ca. 1.5 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch trichotomous, slender, young branch quadrangular, sparsely setose and glandular-punctate, old branch subterete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium not seen. Leaf sessile, ascending, not imbricate; blade 10–20 × 3–5 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic, acute at the apex, base attenuate, margin strigose-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-punctate and abaxial surface strigose in the midrib, 3-nerved, basal. Inflorescence in dichasium, or reduced to one bracteolate flower, axillary or terminal, 5–6-merous, pedicel ca. 1 mm long; bract ca. 12 × 4 mm, bracteole 6–8 × 1–2 mm; hypanthium ca. 3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, green, oblong-campanulate or slightly urceolate, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular, setose and glandular-punctate; sepal 3–8 × 0.5–1 mm, green, linear-oblong, glandular punctate and setose at the base, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire and sparsely glandular-punctate; petal 10.5–12.5 × 6.5–7.5 mm, pink, obovate-oblong, apex truncate, margin entire, slightly glandular-ciliate; stamens 10–12, dimorphic, concolorous or bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5–6, filament 3.5–4.5 mm long, cream, pedoconnective 2–2.5 mm long, cream, ventral appendage ca. 1 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–2.5 × ca. 0.7 mm long, yellow or reddish, beak 0.4–0.5 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5–6, filament 3–3.5 mm long, cream, pedoconnective ca. 0.8 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2–2.5 × ca. 0.5 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.4 mm long; ovary 5-locular, partly inferior; style ca. 5 mm long, cream. Capsule ca. 3.5 × 2.5 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule, columella deciduous; seed 1–1.2 × 0.8–1 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, base do morro do córrego dos Peixes, 24 March 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1729 (CAS, HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia speciosa occurs in Minas Gerais, Goiás, and Distrito Federal (Pacifico &amp; Fidanza 2025, as Trembleya elegans). In the SCNP occurs in campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia speciosa was collected with flower in March and April and fruit in March.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia speciosa has a 3-nerved leaf blade, strigose-ciliate at the margin, glandular-punctate on both surfaces, and a strigose midrib on the abaxial surface. In addition, the flower is 5–6-merous, with petal truncated at the apex, and slightly glandular-ciliate at the margin.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA6FFBB86C37E3DFC31FC00	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA5FFBB86C37ABFFB9AF814.text	03D22220FFA5FFBB86C37ABFFB9AF814.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia trembleyaeformis Naudin 1845	<div><p>23. Microlicia trembleyaeformis Naudin (1845: 172) (Fig. 9C)</p><p>Shrub, 0.3–1 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch trichotomous, slender, hirsute, young branch quadrangular, old branch subterete to terete, glabrescent, leafless with age, xylopodium not seen. Leaf petiolate, petiole 0.5–2 mm long, slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 7–25 × 2–12 mm, longer than the internode length, discolorous, adaxial surface darker, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or ovate, apex acute, base rounded to attenuate, margin serrulate-ciliate, both surfaces glandular-punctate, abaxial surface sparsely setose, 3–5-nerved, basal. Flower solitary, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel ca. 2 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium ca. 2.5 × 1.5–2 mm, green, cylindrical, 10-striate, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular-punctate and sparsely setose; sepal 1.5–2 × ca. 1 mm, green or vinaceous, triangular, glandular-punctate and setose, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire; petal 5–7 × 3–3.5 mm, pink, oblong, apex asymmetrically acute, margin entire, sometimes sparsely glandular-punctate; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 3–3.5 mm long, pink, pedoconnective ca. 3 mm long, vinaceous, ventral appendage ca. 1.5 mm long, bilobed, yellow at the apex, anther ca. 1.5 × 0.5 mm long, vinaceous, beak 0.1–0.2 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 2.5–3 mm long, pink, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.2 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther ca. 1.3 × 0.3 mm, yellow, beak 0.2–0.3 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style 4–5 mm long, pink. Capsule 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm, globose, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 0.4 × 0.2 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, estrada para Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, rio Turvo, próximo ao trecho de asfalto, 20°36’16”S, 46°13’51”W, 786 m, 15 February 2006 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7550 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, base do morro próximo à sede administrativa, 19 November 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1476 (HUFU, US).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia trembleyaeformis is endemic to Minas Gerais (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo úmido and campo rupestre.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia trembleyaeformis was collected with flower and fruit in February,April, June, September, and November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia trembleyaeformis is readily recognized by its discolorous leaf blade, serrulate-ciliate at the margin, and the abaxial surface sparsely setose and glandular-punctate.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA5FFBB86C37ABFFB9AF814	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA5FFBA86C37EC3FA05FB42.text	03D22220FFA5FFBA86C37EC3FA05FB42.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microlicia viminalis (De Candolle) Triana 1872	<div><p>24. Microlicia viminalis (De Candolle) Triana (1872: 28) (Fig. 9D)</p><p>≡ Lavoisiera viminalis De Candolle (1828: 103)</p><p>= Microlicia loricata Naudin (1845: 188)</p><p>Subshrub, 0.2–0.4 m tall, erect, slightly to highly branched. Branch dichotomous and trichotomous, slender, young, and old quadrangular, glabrous, often sparsely glandular at the apex, old branch leafless with age, xylopodium present. Leaf sessile, ascending, apex imbricate, not imbricate at the middle; blade 3–12 × 1–3 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, elliptic or narrowly ovate, apex acute and apiculate, base attenuate-truncate, margin ciliate or entire, callose, both surfaces glabrous or glandular, 7–9-nerved, basal. Flower solitary or grouped at the apex, terminal, 5-merous, pedicel ca. 1 mm long; bract and bracteole absent; hypanthium 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, vinaceous or green, slightly urceolate, smooth, bristles crown at the apex absent, glandular; sepal ca. 5 mm, vinaceous or green, triangular, glandular, apex acute and glandular-apiculate, margin glandular-ciliate and callose; petal 13–14 × 8–9 mm, magenta, rarely white, obovate-oblong or oblong, apex acute-acuminate, glandular-apiculate, margin entire, glabrous; stamens 10, dimorphic, bicolorous, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate; antesepalous stamens 5, filament 5–6 mm long, pink, pedoconnective 5.5–6.5 mm long, pink, ventral appendage 1–1.5 mm long, yellow, truncate at the apex, anther 2–4 × 0.7–1 mm long, vinaceous, beak ca. 0.6 mm long; antepetalous stamens 5, filament 3–6 mm long, pink, pedoconnective ca. 1 mm long, yellow, ventral appendage ca. 0.3 mm long, yellow, rounded at the apex, anther 2.2–3 × 0.6–0.7 mm, yellow, beak ca. 0.5 mm long; ovary 3-locular, superior; style ca. 11 mm long, vinaceous. Capsule ca. 5 × 3.5 mm, oblong, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella deciduous; seed ca. 1 × 0.8 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Sacramento, retiro de captação de água, Guarita de Sacramento, 20 September 1996 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 3573 (HUFU, NY, SPF). São Roque de Minas, Nascente do Rio São Francisco, 25 September 1995 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1300 (BHCB, HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Microlicia viminalis has a wide distribution, occurring in Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Tocantins, and Distrito Federal (Romero et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs often in campo rupestre and campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Microlicia viminalis was collected with flower from June to October, and fruit from June to September, and November.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Microlicia viminalis has glabrous branches, leaf blade callose at the margin, 7–9-nerved, and bicolorous stamens. Microlicia viminalis resembles M. armata and M. fastigiata by the glabrous branch and leaf blade callose at the margin. However, in M. viminalis, the apex of the hypanthium does not have a bristle crown, and the stamens are bicolorous (vs. crown of bristles present and stamens with yellow anther in M. armata and M. fastigiata).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA5FFBA86C37EC3FA05FB42	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA4FFBD86C37DFEFF53FEAC.text	03D22220FFA4FFBD86C37DFEFF53FEAC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchanthera dichotoma (Desrousseaux) De Candolle 1828	<div><p>25. Rhynchanthera dichotoma (Desrousseaux) De Candolle (1828: 107)</p><p>≡ Melastoma dichotoma Desrousseaux in Lamarck (1797: 41)</p><p>Shrub, ca. 2 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch trichotomous and dichotomous, slender, young, and old quadrangular, glandular, xylopodium absent. Leaf petiolate, petiole 2–15 mm long, patent, not imbricate; blade 18–60 × 9–35 mm, longer than the internode length, concolorous, green, ovate, apex acute, base cordate, margin slightly serrulate-ciliate, both surfaces densely glandular and setose, 5–10-nerved, basal. Inflorescence in dichasium or reduced to one bracteolate flower, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel ca. 1.5 mm long; bract ca. 12 × 4 mm; bracteole ca. 5 × 1.5 mm; hypanthium 4.5–5 × 2.5–3 mm, green, oblong, 10-striate, glandular; sepal ca. 2.5 × 0.5 mm, green, linear-subulate, glandular, apex acute, margin entire and glandular-ciliate; petal ca. 10 × 8.5 mm, purplish, obovate, apex acuminate, margin entire; 5 fertile antesepalous stamens, subisomorphic, concolorous, cream-purplish, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate, filament 3.5–5 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective ca. 2.5 mm long, purplish, ventral appendage ca. 0.2 mm long, slightly truncate, purplish, anther ca. 5 × 2 mm, beak 1.5–2 mm long; 5 antepetalous staminodia, filiform, ca. 2 mm long; ovary 4-locular, superior; style ca. 12 mm long, purplish. Capsule 5–7 × 4–6.5 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella not seen; seed 0.7–0.9 × ca. 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimen selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, estrada para a fazenda do Antônio Lopes, 23 May 1996 (fl, fr), J.N. Nakajima et al. 1748 (F, HUFU, UEC).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Rhynchanthera dichotoma has a wide distribution, occurring in Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil, and Peru (Renner 1990). In Brazil occurs in Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Bahia, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Distrito Federal (Versiane et al. 2025). In the SCNP occurs in campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Rhynchanthera dichotoma was collected with flower and fruit in May.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: — Rhynchanthera dichotoma differs from R. grandiflora De Candolle (1828: 107) mainly in having five subisomorphic fertile stamens, while R. grandiflora has strongly dimorphic stamens with one larger than the others.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA4FFBD86C37DFEFF53FEAC	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
03D22220FFA3FFBD86C3785BFDA9FA08.text	03D22220FFA3FFBD86C3785BFDA9FA08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhynchanthera grandiflora (Aublet) De Candolle 1828	<div><p>26. Rhynchanthera grandiflora (Aublet) De Candolle (1828: 107) (Fig. 9E)</p><p>≡ Melastoma grandiflorum Aublet (1775: 414)</p><p>Shrub, 2–3 m tall, erect, highly branched. Branch trichotomous and dichotomous, slender, young, and old subterete, glandular, and setose, xylopodium absent. Leaf petiolate, petiole 2–5 mm long, patent to slightly ascending, not imbricate; blade 40–90 × 13–30 mm, longer than the internode length, discolorous, green, adaxial surface darker, ovate-oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or cordate, margin slightly serrulate-ciliate, both surfaces densely glandular and setose, 5–7-nerved, basal. Inflorescence in dichasium, axillary or terminal, 5-merous, pedicel 1–1.5 mm long; bract ca. 17 × 5 mm; bracteole ca. 8 × 2 mm; hypanthium 4–5 × 3–4 mm, green, suburceolate, 10-striate, glandular; sepal 6–9 × ca. 0.5 mm, green, linear-subulate, glandular and setose, apex acute and apiculate, margin entire and glandular-ciliate; petal 15–20 × ca. 15 mm, purplish, obovate, apex acuminate, glandular-apiculate, margin entire; 5 fertile antesepalous stamens, concolorous, purplish to cream-purplish, anther oblong, tetrasporangiate, strongly dimorphic with one longer than the others, filament ca. 9 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective 9–12 mm long, purplish, ventral appendage ca. 0.1 mm long, slightly truncate, purplish, anther 5–9 × ca. 1.5 mm, beak 3–4 mm long, the other 4 with filament 4.5–6.5 mm long, purplish, pedoconnective 3–4 mm long, purplish, ventral appendage ca. 0.1 mm long, slightly truncate, purplish, anther ca. 8 × 1–2 mm, beak ca. 3 mm long; 5 antepetalous staminodia, filiform, 2.5–5.5 mm long; ovary 4–5-locular, superior; style 15–20 mm long, purplish. Capsule 5–8 × 4–5 mm, ovate, dehiscent from the apex, fruiting hypanthium covering the entire capsule and peeling off as the fruit matures, columella not seen; seed ca. 0.8 × 0.5 mm.</p><p>Specimens selected:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Capitólio, Represa de Furnas, Cachoeira Feixo da Serra, Rio Turvo, 28 September 2005 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 7194 (HUFU). Delfinópolis, Cachoeira Águas Claras, trilha da cachoeira, 23 June 2010 (fl, fr), P.O. Rosa et al. 1321 (HUFU). São Roque de Minas, Chapadão da Zagaia da frente para a Serra das Sete Voltas, após a torre de observação, 18 October 1997 (fl, fr), R. Romero et al. 4763 (HUFU).</p><p>Distribution and habitat: — Rhynchanthera grandiflora has a wide distribution, occurring in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (Renner 1990). In the SCNP occurs in campo úmido.</p><p>Phenology: — Rhynchanthera grandiflora was collected with flower and fruit in March, June, July, September, and October.</p><p>Taxonomic notes: —The most remarkable feature of R. grandiflora is the presence of five stamens, with one of them much longer than the others.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D22220FFA3FFBD86C3785BFDA9FA08	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	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo;Romero, Rosana	Ferreira-Alves, Rodolfo, Romero, Rosana (2025): Lavoisiereae (Melastomataceae) from Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with two new species. Phytotaxa 733 (1): 73-108, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.4
