Neomarica sergipensis A. Gil & M.C.E. Amaral (Trimezieae–Iridaceae), a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

12 March 2016

Gil, André; Hall, Climbiê; Bittrich, Volker; Amaral, Maria

A new species of Neomarica from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. Neomarica sergipensis A. Gil & M.C.E. Amaral (Trimezieae, Iridoideae, Iridaceae) grows in restinga forests (forests on the coastal plains dominated by sandy soils) in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. The new species resembles Neomarica northiana, especially due to the white flowers, with the basal third of the tepals yellow and covered by brown maculae, but differs by the inner tepals with the center of the apical third tinted violet to purple, the yellow stigmatic crests with fimbriate to erose margin, and the endemic occurrence in Sergipe.

10.1111/njb.01112