Corresponding author: Álvaro Nepomuceno ( alvaronepomuceno567@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Marcelo Trovó Lopes de Oliveira © 2018 Álvaro Nepomuceno, Marccus Alves. 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:
Nepomuceno Á, Alves M (2018) New occurrences of Salicaceae from the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga (Brazil). Check List 14(2): 431-437. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.431 |
Based on new records, we expand the geographical distributions of 6 species of Salicaceae: Banara nitida Spruce ex Benth., Casearia marquetei Nepom. & M. Alves, C. souzae R. Marquete & Mansano, Macrothumia kuhlmannii (Sleumer) Alford, Xylosma glaberrima Sleumer, and X. pseudosalzmanii Sleumer, from the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga. Illustrations of the diagnostic characters of the species, maps of geographic distribution, and a key for identification of the genera of Salicaceae occurring in the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga are provided.