Turnera carolina (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae s. l.): A New Species from Chapada das Mesas, Maranh ~ ao, Northeastern Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Silva, Maycon Jordan Costa da, Rocha, Lamarck, Ferreira, Alessandro W. C., Scatigna, Andre Vito, Marinho, Lucas C. (2023): Turnera carolina (Turneraceae, Passifloraceae s. l.): A New Species from Chapada das Mesas, Maranh ~ ao, Northeastern Brazil. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 48 (2): 300-306, DOI: 10.1600/036364423X16847773873152, URL: doi.org/10.1600/036364423x16847773873152 Abstract— Turnera carolina, a new species from Chapada das Mesas region in the Brazilian Cerrado, is described and illustrated.

The new taxon can be characterized by having internodes up to 5 cm long, leaves with dark spots on both sides, petals that are smaller than the sepals, bracts and calyx that are usually reddish, and an orange corolla. We also present a distribution map, illustrations, field photos, comments on taxonomy, and an identification key to the species of Turnera from Chapada das Mesas National Park and surroundings.