Check List 10(5): 1170-1173, doi: 10.15560/10.5.1170
Rediscovery of a Neotropical rheophyte (Podostemaceae) after 160 years: implications for the location of conservation unit boundaries (Tocantins, Brazil)
Claudia P. Bove‡, C. Thomas Philbrick§‡ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Brazil§ Western Connecticut State University, United States of America
Corresponding author: Claudia Bove ( cpbove@hotmail.com ) © 2017 Claudia Bove, C. Philbrick. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Bove C, Philbrick C (2014) Rediscovery of a Neotropical rheophyte (Podostemaceae) after 160 years: implications for the location of conservation unit boundaries (Tocantins, Brazil). Check List 10(5): 1170-1173. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.5.1170 |  |
Abstract
Podostemaceae (angiosperms) occur only in swift river currents. Podostemum flagelliforme is a member of this family that was originally described by materials collected from the Tocantins River in 1844. The species was known only from the type collection until 2013, when the authors rediscovered it in the Balsas River (Tocantins), Brazil. The latter river does not occur in any current conservation unit. It is recommended that the margins of a proposed ecological corridor (Corredor Ecológico da Região do Jalapão) be adjusted to encompass the only known population of Podostemum flagelliforme.
Keywords
Podostemum flagelliforme; angiosperms; conservation