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A new Acisanthera (Melastomataceae: Melastomeae) from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia

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Acisanthera leptalea, a new species known only from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia, is described, illustrated, and compared with its presumed closest relatives,A. hedyotidea andA. tetramera, and five other species known from Bolivia. It is assigned to sectionDicrananthera which now comprises three species characterized by sessile or subsessile leaves, 4-merous solitary flowers, and bilocular ovaries.

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  1. Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, 94118-4599, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

    Frank Almeda

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Almeda, F. A new Acisanthera (Melastomataceae: Melastomeae) from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia. Brittonia 51, 159–162 (1999). https://doi.org/10.2307/2666623

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