Pilea brasiliensis Gaglioti, Romaniuc & A.K. Monro, 2011

Gaglioti, A. L., Romaniuc, S. & Monro, A. K., 2011, Pilea brasiliensis: a new species of Pilea (Urticaceae) from Central Brazil, Phytotaxa 26, pp. 17-20 : 18

Pilea brasiliensis Gaglioti, Romaniuc & A.K. Monro , sp. nov. ( Fig. 1 )

A Pilea lippioides similis , sed foliis et petiolis eadem node aequalis aut subaequales longitudine, inflorescentiis staminalibus in panicula, seminibus minoribus, differt.

Type:— BRAZIL. Distrito Federal: Rio Maranhão, Via DF-2 Fazenda Maranhão, 27 February 1979, Heringer et al. 1039 ( holotype IBGE!, isotype UEC!) .

Pilea brasiliensis

Leaf and petiole length

equal or subequal at the same node

Staminate inflorescence

flowers borne in a panicle

Achenes

0.75–1.00 mm

Pilea lippioides

unequal by ratio 1.0:1.5–3.0 at the same node

flowers borne in a compact head

1.20–1.50 mm

Figures

FIGURE 1. Pilea brasiliensis. A habit; B leaf (adaxial surface); C pistillate inflorescence; D staminate flower (at bud); E fruit (with persistent tepals). A–E from Heringer et al. 1039. (Drawn by K. Souza).