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Dioscorea sphaeroidea (Dioscoreaceae), a threatened new species from the highaltitude grasslands of southeastern Brazil with wingless seeds
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- 1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Prof. Rodolfo Paulo Rocco s.n., CCS. 21941-490, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- 2. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leão, 915. 22460-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. *Corresponding author: rsscouto@gmail.com
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Couto, Ricardo Sousa, Lopes, Rosana Conrado, Braga, João Marcelo Alvarenga (2014): Dioscorea sphaeroidea (Dioscoreaceae), a threatened new species from the highaltitude grasslands of southeastern Brazil with wingless seeds. Phytotaxa 163 (4): 229-234, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.163.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.163.4.3
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