George Gardner’s enigmatic species Goyazia villosa (Gesneriaceae) finally rediscovered
Tapina villosa (Gesneriaceae) was published by George Gardner in 1842, based on material he collected in Serra de Natividade (Tocantins, Brazil) in 1840. The species is now recognized as Goyazia villosa (Gardner) R.A. Howard. Since Gardner’s travels in Central Brazil, this species had not been collected again and the taxon was considered as possibly extinct. After a long time, we report the discovery of two new populations of G. villosa in the municipality of Palmas and in the Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins, ca. 200 and 100 km north of the Serra de Natividade, respectively. The newly collected materials allow us to better characterize the morphology and infer the phylogenetic placement of this poorly-known species. Here we demonstrate that G. villosa is closely related to G. rupicola in a clade including Goyazia and Mandirola species, and provide an updated description of the species, including field images, photographic plate, information on its distribution and habitat, and a taxonomic key for the species of Goyazia .
Authors
- Marcelo Fragomeni Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-1716)
- Ruy José Válka Alves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5123-9124)
- Alain Chautems (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-1623)
- Bianca Schindler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4719-0601)
- Maurício Figueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-7002)
- Mathieu Perret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2021-114X)
- Andréa Onofre de Araújo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7968-1595)
- Nílber Gonçalves da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-1898)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (BR)
- Jardin Botanique de Genève (CH)
- Charles Humbert 8 (CH)
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PhytoKeys
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.246.125734
- Primary Topic
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade