Expansion of the geographic distribution of Faramea nitida Benth. in the restinga of Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

Eduardo Almeida Jr; Alan Castro

doi:10.15560/12.1.1831

Check List 12(1): e19433, doi: 10.15560/12.1.1831

Expansion of the geographic distribution of Faramea nitida Benth. in the restinga of Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil

Alan R. Ribeiro de Castro^‡, Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr.^§

‡ Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil

Corresponding author: Eduardo Almeida Jr. ( ebaj25@yahoo.com.br )

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: Almeida Jr E, Castro A (2016) Expansion of the geographic distribution of Faramea nitida Benth. in the restinga of Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil. Check List 12(1): 1831. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.1.1831

Abstract

In this study, we present new records of Faramea nitida that extend the range of this species in Maranhão state, Brazil. The new data were the result of fieldwork by us in restinga areas of São José de Ribamar and Alcântara districts. This report highlights the rediscovery of a species after many years (30 to 70 years) and shows the necessity for more floristic and taxonomic studies on extreme northeastern Brazil.

Keywords

coastal vegetation; species rediscovery; Rubiaceae; São Luís