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A new species, Selaginella surucucusensis L. Góes & E. Assis, collected since 1969 in Roraima State, in Northern Brazil, is described and illustrated and its affinities are discussed. We discuss S. mazaruniensis Jenman, S. parviarticulata W. R. Buck and S. rhodostachya Baker as new distribution records for Brazil, and we designate a lectotype for S. mazaruniensis.
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We thank the curators of all the herbaria visited for making collections available, and for loans; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for the postdoctoral scholarship to L. A. A. Góes-Neto (proc. 150291/2016-7) and for a grant to A. Salino (proc. 306868/2014-8); and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the doctoral scholarship to E. L. M. Assis. We also thank Luíza C. Moura for the help with the images, Mariana O. Bünger, who revised the English text on an earlier draft, and Robbin C. Moran for the information about the NY specimens. We are indebted to Alan R. Smith, who revised the English text on the final version and provided useful suggestions for improving this manuscript.
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de Araújo Góes-Neto, L.A., de Assis, E.L.M. & Salino, A. Selaginella (Selaginellaceae) from Brazil: a new species, new records and lectotype designation. Kew Bull 72, 40 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-017-9714-5
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