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Alseis involuta K. Schum.

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Published In: Flora Brasiliensis 6(6): 189. 1889. (Fl. Bras.)

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Notes:

This species is characterized by its appressed pubescence, medium-sized obovate leaves, stipules 6-12 mm long, subsessile flowers, calyx lobes ca. 1 mm long, corollas .1.8--2.5 mm long, and capsules 7-18 x 1-3.5 mm. Martinho & Jardim (2015) separated a number of specimens from dry caatinga vegetation that were previously included in this species into Alseis sertaneja. Alseis involuta is quite similar to Alseis floribunda, and these species seem to have been confused at times.

Distribution: Humid forest at 650 m and above in eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).

References:

Marinho, L. C. & J. G. Jardim. 2016. Alseis sertaneja (Rubiaceae: Condamineeae), a new species endemic to the Brazilian semiarid region. Kew Bull. 71(53): 1–7.