Taxonomic revision of Mcvaughia W.R.Anderson (Malpighiaceae): notes on vegetative and reproductive anatomy and the description of a new species

• DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.117.32207
• Publication Date: 2019-02-04T06:45:42Z
• Authors: Rafael F. Almeida; Isabel R. Guesdon; Marcelo R. Pace; Renata M.S. Meira
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; Malpighiales; Mcvaughia; Botany; Neotropical flora; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences; Caatinga; Tracheophyta; Magnoliopsida; QK1-989; Atlantic Forest; Plantae; Brazil; Malpighiaceae; Research Article

A taxonomic revision ofMcvaughiais presented, including the description of a new species from the state of Piauí, Brazil, and notes on wood, secondary phloem, leaf, and floral morpho-anatomy. We present a key to the species, full morphological descriptions, a distribution map, and notes on distribution, ecology, etymology, and conservation status for each species.