Barbosa-Silva et al. 2018 (Article) Navia

Up on the table mountains in Brazil: new Bromeliaceae and Eriocaulaceae (Poales) from the Pantepui in the Guayana Shield

Author(s):—R.G. Barbosa-Silva, M. Trovó, G. Martinelli & R.C. Forzza

Publication:—Plant Ecology and Evolution 151(1): 130–141. (2018) — DOI

Abstract:—Background and aims – As “islands in the sky” of northern South America, the isolated ecosystems of the Pantepui province include a distinct flora with high levels of endemism and which are ancestral areas for many angiosperm lineages. About one fifth of Pantepui angiosperm species are distributed in Poales, a highly diverse angiosperm order.
Methods – Recent field trips were carried out on two Brazilian tepuis, by foot and helicopter. Herbarium collections were consulted and compared with the proposed new species.
Key results – Four new species of Poales, three Navia Schult. & Schult.f. (Bromeliaceae) and one Paepalanthus Mart. (Eriocaulaceae) were found. Descriptions, illustrations, and distribution maps of the new species, as well as an identification key to Brazilian Navia species, are provided.

Keywords:—Navia, Paepalanthus, endemism, new species, tepui.

Published names (3):

Navia corrugata
Navia eldorado
Navia tenuifolia