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Two new species of Myrcia from Bahia are described and a new combination and status of Myrcia from southern Brazil is proposed. Their diagnostic characters and habitat are discussed and IUCN categories of threat are assigned.
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We are grateful to a reviewer who alerted us to the possibility that Myrcia catharinensis may also occur in Rio Grande do Sul. We would also like to thank Melanie Thomas for the Latin diagnoses and Margaret Tebbs for preparing the illustrations.
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Nic Lughadha, E.M., Lucas, E.J. & Woodgyer, E.M. Additions to Myrcia s.l. from Eastern Brazil — taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in Myrcia s.l. (Myrtaceae). Kew Bull 67, 235–243 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9350-z
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