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Four new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Bahia, Brazil

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Four new species of Eriocaulon from Bahia, Brazil, are described and illustrated. Eriocaulon botocudo and E. yba occur in the western part of the state, while E. kulumi and E. pyatan inhabit the Chapada Diamantina. Comparisons with morphologically similar taxa, their preferred habitats, and the known distributions of the new species are provided.

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Thanks to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for the doctoral scholarship awarded to the first author; to the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB) and CNPq for funding the fieldwork in the Chapada Diamantina region, through the Flora da Bahia Project (process # 483909/2012-2) and PPBio Semiárido Project (process # 472574/2012–4), respectively; to Maria do Socorro Chagas and Maurício Carnaúba for financial aid and help with fieldwork in western Bahia, respectively; to Danilo José, Evelyne Marreira, and Gabriela Barros for helping with fieldwork in the Chapada Diamantina region; and to the curators and staff of the herbaria cited for allowing access to the collections.

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    Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas, James Lucas da Costa-Lima & Ana Maria Giulietti

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de Oliveira Chagas, E.C., da Costa-Lima, J.L. & Giulietti, A.M. Four new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Bahia, Brazil. Kew Bull 74, 9 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-019-9793-6

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