scholarly journals A new species of Lemmermanniella (Cyanobacteria) from the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Watson Arantes Gama Junior ◽  
Maria Teresa de Paiva Azevedo ◽  
Jaroslava Komárková-Legnerová ◽  
Célia Leite Sant'anna
Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2739 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELO FELGUEIRAS NAPOLI ◽  
ULISSES CARAMASCHI ◽  
CARLOS ALBERTO GONÇALVES CRUZ ◽  
IURI RIBEIRO DIAS

We describe a new species of flea-toad related to Brachycephalus didactylus and B. hermogenesi from the Serra Bonita mountain, an Atlantic rainforest remnant in the Municipality of Camacan, State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, constituting the northernmost record of the genus. Brachycephalus pulex sp. nov. is mainly diagnosed by the toe II externally absent, the toe V vestigial, fingers I and IV externally absent, and an inverted depigmented v-shaped mark on chest bordered above by a dark brown stripe on each side.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 224 (3) ◽  
pp. 291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Armando De Araújo Góes-Neto ◽  
Gustavo Heringer ◽  
Alexandre Salino

 A species of Selaginella from Parque Nacional do Caparaó, in Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, is described as new to the science: Selaginella salinoi grows on rocks in Atlantic Rainforest vegetation at ca. 1200 m. The description includes photos of live plants and, scanning electron micrographs.


Author(s):  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Anderson De Azevedo Meira ◽  
Naiara Antonia Nunes Vinhas ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla

A new species of Cunaxidae, namely Cunaxa bagualensis Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected in soil and leaf litter in the Atlantic rainforest biome in a rural forest fragment in Mormaço county, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Additionally, Armascirus livingstoni Laniecka & Kazmierski, 2021 is transferred to Dactyloscirus based on some observations.  


Herpetologica ◽  
10.1655/03-66 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Canedo ◽  
Marianna Dixo ◽  
José P. Pombal

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (3) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Sá Barreto Jordão ◽  
Marli Pires Morim ◽  
José Fernando Andrade Baumgratz

A new species of Mimosa is described from the Atlantic Rainforest and ecotone with the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil, in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: M. porrecta L. Jordão, M.P. Morim & Baumgratz (Leguminosae). Related to M. sensitiva, it shares morphological affinities with this species but differs in having porrect-stellate trichomes, a new type of trichome for the genus, on the stems, and the dendritic trichomes in the fruits. The conservation status was assessed, according to IUCN criteria, as Least Concern.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 452 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
LUANA S.B. CALAZANS

During a field expedition in the Reserva Biológica da Mata Escura, an enclave of Atlantic Rainforest in Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, a remarkable new species of Philodendron was found. Here the new species is described, illustrated and compared to morphologically close species.


Nova Hedwigia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Maria Aragão de Mello ◽  
Gladstone Alves da Silva ◽  
Helder Elísio Evangelista Vieira ◽  
Iolanda Ramalho da Silva ◽  
Leonor Costa Maia ◽  
...  

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3441 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICARDO LOURENÇO-DE-MORAES ◽  
MIRCO SOLÉ ◽  
LUÍS FELIPE TOLEDO

We describe a new species of Adelophryne for the municipalities of Ilhéus, Itacaré and Una, Bahia state, Brazil (typelocality: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Nova Angélica, municipality of Una, state of Bahia, Brazil,15º15’03.2” S, 39º04’51.0” W, 79 m elevation). This new species is characterized by having small size, anal flap, andpointed tips of all fingers. The advertisement call consists of a single note with average duration of 29.5 ms (22–34 ms).The new species was found under dense leaf litter in primary and disturbed ombrofilous Atlantic rainforest, but in lower abundance in the latter and exclusively in shaded areas.


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