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Two new species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) from Northern Minas Gerais, one with a distinctive anatomical character
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- 1. Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo. Rua do Matão 277, Edifício Aylthon Brandão Joly (Herbário SPF) 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- 2. Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Rua Boaventura da Silva 955, Belém, PA, 66055-090, Brazil
- 3. Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais - Herbário SP, Av. Miguel Estéfano, 3687, CEP 04301-012, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- 4. Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Zavatin, Danilo Alvarenga, Ramos, Renato, Prado, Jefferson, Cordeiro, Inês, Soares, Marli Kasue Misaki, Appezzato-Da-Glória, Beatriz, Souza, Vinicius Castro, Orlandini, Priscila (2025): Two new species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) from Northern Minas Gerais, one with a distinctive anatomical character. Phytotaxa 736 (2): 101-119, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.736.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.736.2.1
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