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Anthurium macropodum: a remarkable new species of Araceae from Brazil

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A remarkable new species of Anthurium, A. macropodum E. G. Gonç., is here described, illustrated and compared to its closest relatives. This new species is known from a single locality in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo (near the village of Vargem Alta), already reputed as the type locality of other recently described species.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the nurseryman Ricardo Campos for collecting this amazing species. The author has a productivity grant from CNPq (level 2).

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  1. Universidade Católica de Brasilia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologias Ambientais, Brasilia, DF, Brazil

    Eduardo G. Gonçalves

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Gonçalves, E.G. Anthurium macropodum: a remarkable new species of Araceae from Brazil . Kew Bull 67, 451–454 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9367-3

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