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A new species of Croton sect. Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazil, supported by macro- and micromorphological data

  • 1. Laboratório de Morfologia e Taxonomia Vegetal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
  • 2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", CP 510, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.

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Silva, Marcos José Da, Sodré, Rodolfo Carneiro, Alonso, Alexandre Antonio, Santos, Igor Soares Dos (2024): A new species of Croton sect. Geiseleria (Euphorbiaceae) from Brazil, supported by macro- and micromorphological data. Phytotaxa 646 (2): 143-156, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.646.2.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.646.2.4

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