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Five new species of Heteropterys (Malpighiaceae) from Central and South America

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Five-new taxa ofHeteropterys H. B. K. subsect.Aptychia Nied. are described, illustrated, and mapped:H. andina from Peru;H. minutiflora from Costa Rica; andH. bullata, H. capixaba, andH. oberdanii, from the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. The affinities and diagnostic characters of each species are discussed.

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Cinco taxa deHeteropterys H. B. K. subsect.Aptychia Nied. são descritas como novas, ilustradas e mapeadas:H. andina do Peru;H. minutiflora da Costa Rica; eH. bullata, H. capixaba eH. oberdanii, da Floresta Atlântica no Brasil. São apontadas as afinidades e os caracteres diagnósticos de cada espécie.

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Amorim, A.M. Five new species of Heteropterys (Malpighiaceae) from Central and South America. Brittonia 54, 217–232 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2003)54[217:FNSOHM]2.0.CO;2

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