M. bahiensis M.S.Marchioretto & J.C.de Siqueira, Pesquisas, Botanica 48: 11 (1998).

Sukhorukov, Alexander P., Sennikov, Alexander N., Nilova, Maya V., Mazei, Yuri, Kushunina, Maria, Marchioretto, Maria Salete & Hanacek, Pavel, 2019, Evolutionary relationships and taxonomy of Microtea (Microteaceae), a basal lineage in the core Caryophyllales, PhytoKeys 115, pp. 1-50 : 27-28

6. M. bahiensis M.S.Marchioretto & J.C.de Siqueira, Pesquisas, Botanica 48: 11 (1998).

Holotype.

BRAZIL. Estado Bahia, Munícipio de Salvador, ca. 30 km a N do Centro de Salvador, Estrada para o aeroporto, arredores de Itapuã, dunas [Bahia State, Salvador Municipality, ca. 30 km N from Salvador city, on the way to the airport, surroundings of Itapuã, dunes], 23 May 1981, Carvalho, Mori & Boom 706 (CEPEC! isotypes - ALCB, NY).

Description.

Perennial herb or dwarf subshrub, glabrous, up to 30 cm tall; caudex well-developed; stems erect or ascending; rosulate leaves up to 9.0(10.0-12.0) cm, obovate or oblong, mostly persistent at fruiting; cauline leaves rhombic, ovate or obovate, cuneate and shorter (up to 2.0 cm) than the rosulate leaves; inflorescence a spike, mostly one-sided; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicellate (pedicels up to 0.5 mm); bracteoles present, very short, perianth segments 5, greenish with white margins, oblong or ovoid; stamens 8; stigmas 2, thick; fruit roundish, 1.1-1.3 × 1.0-1.2 mm, with short finger-shaped outgrowths (Fig. 6E, F ); seed 1.1-1.3 mm, with rough surface (Fig. 6H ). Note: We were unsuccessful in extracting DNA from the available specimens. However, the characters of this species indicate its position within the type subgenus.

Habitat.

Sand dunes at altitudes up to 500 m a.s.l.

Distribution.

Endemic to Bahia state, Brazil (Fig. 19 ).

Specimens examined.

BRAZIL. Bahia State, Salvador Mun., Itapuã, 27 Feb 1983, P. de Queiroz 496 (ALCB); Itapuã, 20 Apr 1983, P. de Queiroz 544 (HUEFS, PACA); Bahia [state], Salvador, Dunas de Itapuã, nr Hotel Stella Maris, N from Condomínio Alamedas da Praia, 8 Jun 1993, P. de Queiroz 3211 (K, PACA).

Figures

Figure 6. Fruits and seeds of Microtea sulcicaulis and M. bahiensis: A, B fruit of M. sulcicaulis, enclosed in the perianth (Paraguay, Caazapa Dept., Tavai, 7 Dec 1988, F. Mereles 2122, G) C, D seed of M. sulcicaulis (Paraguay, Caazapa Dept., Tavai, 7 Dec 1988, F. Mereles 2122, G) E, F fruit of M. bahiensis (Brazil, Bahia state, Salvador, Dunas de Itapua, nr Hotel Stella Maris, N from Condominio Alamedas da Praia, 8 Jun 1993, P. de Queiroz 3211, PACA) G, H seed of M. bahiensis (Brazil, Bahia state, Salvador, Dunas de Itapua, nr Hotel Stella Maris, N from Condominio Alamedas da Praia, 8 Jun 1993, P. de Queiroz 3211, PACA). Magnification: A, E - 30 x, B, F - 100 x, C, G - 50 x, D, H - 300 x.

Figure 19. Distribution map of Microtea sulcicaulis (circles) and M. bahiensis (star).