Curtia verticillaris Knoblauch (1894:357)

Tanajura, Jéssica Leão Barbosa, Pinho, Carolina Santos, Silva, Rilquer Mascarenhas Da & Carvalho, Maria Luiza Silveira De, 2021, Integrative assessment of the floristic diversity of Gentianaceae in an area of campo rupestre of the Espinhaço Range in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, Phytotaxa 500 (2), pp. 61-94 : 73

Curtia verticillaris Knoblauch (1894:357) Fig. 3C .

Herbs, 20–70 cm tall. Branches green or vinaceous, cylindrical, costate. Leaves verticillate, sessile, discolorous, blades 7.2–9.8 × 1.5–3.5 mm, elliptical, chartaceous, glabrous, attenuate at base, acute at apex, entire at margin. Inflorescence in terminal biparous cyme, multiflora; peduncle 5.9 cm. Flowers homostylous, 5-merous, pedicel ca. 3 cm; calyx 0.3–4.3 × 0.1–1.6 mm, green to vinaceous, keeled, not winged, tubular, glabrous; corolla, yellowish, purplish or pink, tubular to campanulate, tube 0.9–2.3 × 1.0- 3 mm, lobes 3.3 × 0.8 mm, lanceolate to ovate, at apex acute; stamens ca. 3 mm, isodynamous, adnate, conation 1–1.5 mm, anthers basifixed; ovary 1.7–3.6 mm, style 0.7–3.4 mm, stigma bilobed. Fruit septicidal capsule.

Habitat and distribution:— Curtia verticillaris is endemic to Brazil and is distributed in the states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás and Minas Gerais ( Bissoli & Calió 2020), places that contains “campo rupestre” ( Crespo & Marcondes-Ferreira 2009, Siqueira et al. 2014, Bissoli & Calió 2020) ( Fig. 3C , Appendix 1).

Comments:—Leaves of this species vary in height, color and size among the individuals. In addition, homostylous flowers of Curtia verticillaris differs from the tristylous flowers of Curtia tenuifolia , as mentioned above ( Siqueira et al. 2014). Can be found with flowers and fruits throughout the year ( Crespo & Marcondes-Ferreira 2009, Siqueira et al. 2014).

Specimens examined:— BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê, Próximo a Casa do Administrador , em área de charco, 26 August 2004, fl., J . Costa 777 ( HUEFS!); 23 May 2005, fl., J . Costa 1287 ( HUEFS!); Trilha do Tiburtino , 15 August 2005, J . Costa 1296 ( HUEFS!); 29 July 2004, fl., A . Ferreira-Silva 19 ( HUEFS!); 15 October 2011, fl., F . S . Gomes et al. 1027 ( ALCB!); Trilha Tribuki, 14 October 2016, fl., A . A .S. Mascarenhas et al. 252 ( HUEFS!) .

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FIGURE 3. Species of Gentianaceae from the Parque Municipal de Mucugê - Projeto Sempre Viva (PMM), Bahia, Brazil: Calolisianthus pedunculatus (A), Chelonanthus purpurascens (B), Curtia verticillaris (C), Curtia tenuifolia (D), Prepusa montana (E), Schultesia bahiensis (F), Schultesia crenuliflora (G), Schultesia pachyphylla (H). Scale bars:A: 2 cm; B: 1 cm; C: 0,5 cm; D: 0,5 cm; E: 2 cm; F–H: 1 cm. Photo A, B, E, F, G and H by Maria Luiza Silveira de Carvalho; C and D by Vinicius Dittrich and Gustavo Shimizu, respectively.