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Comanthera gandarela, a critically endangered new species from the ferruginous campos rupestres (Cangas) of Serra do Gandarela, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Eriocaulaceae)
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- 1. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Laboratório de Estudos da Flora. Morro do Cruzeiro, CEP 35400-000, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
- 2. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Av. PH Rolfs, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
- 3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK & Ashworth Laboratories, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
- 4. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Laboratório de Estudos da Flora. Morro do Cruzeiro, CEP 35400-000, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil & Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Evolução e Meio Ambiente, Laboratório de Estudos da Flora. Morro do Cruzeiro, CEP 35400-000, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
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Echternacht, Livia, Souto, Danielle, Silva, Luzimar, Lima, Thales De, Ramos, Renato (2025): Comanthera gandarela, a critically endangered new species from the ferruginous campos rupestres (Cangas) of Serra do Gandarela, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Eriocaulaceae). Phytotaxa 726 (1): 20-36, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.1.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.1.2
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