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Insights on underestimated Lentibulariaceae diversity in northeastern Brazil: new records and notes on distribution, diversity and endemism in the family

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Here we present 36 new records of 22 species of Lentibulariaceae from northeastern Brazil, expanding their distribution range and providing taxonomic, habitat and phenological comments, in addition to distribution maps and photographs of living specimens. Rio Grande do Norte is the state with the highest number of new records (12), followed by Alagoas, with eight. This is the first insight on the actual richness of the family in the region, and some species show interesting disjunct distributions and habitat restrictions. Only one species treated here is endemic to northeastern Brazil, ten species seem to be restricted to lowland white-sand wetlands, and three are restricted to high altitudes in campos rupestres or in campos de altitude. The remaining ones have a wider distribution. Our data support previous hypotheses on plant dispersal and past connections between Brazilian vegetation formations, shedding light for future studies on the dispersal history and biogeography of Lentibulariaceae.

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We thank the curators of ALCB, CEPEC, EAC, HST, HUEFS, IPA, JPB, MAC, MUFAL, PEUFR, R, RB, UFP and UFRN herbaria. We are grateful to Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the concession of a masters’ scholarship to the first author and to Post-Graduation Program in Plant Biology, Biosciences Centre/Federal University of Pernambuco (CB/UFPE), for granting logistic and laboratory support. The second author had a Capes fellowship (#88887.124186/2014-00).

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  1. Laboratório de Morfo-Taxonomia Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Felipe M. Guedes & Marccus Alves

  2. Laboratório de Botânica Sistemática, Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Gabriel S. Garcia & Leonardo M. Versieux

  3. Laboratório de Morfologia e Taxonomia de Angiospermae, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

    Lígia Q. Matias

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Fig. A1

Distribution of Lentibulariaceae species (treated in this paper) in Northeastern Brazil, including the new records. a Genlisea filiformis, G. lobata, Utricularia benjaminiana, U. costata; b U. amethystina, U. cornuta, U. hispida, U. simulans; c U. blanchetii, U. erectiflora, U. trichophylla, U. guyanensis; d U. flaccida, U. juncea, U. triloba, U. hydrocarpa. (TIFF 75175 kb)

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Distribution of Lentibulariaceae species (treated in this paper) in Northeastern Brazil, including the new records. a Utricularia nana, U. pusilla, U. resupinata; b U. subulata, U. viscosa. (TIFF 37562 kb)

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Guedes, F.M., Garcia, G.S., Versieux, L.M. et al. Insights on underestimated Lentibulariaceae diversity in northeastern Brazil: new records and notes on distribution, diversity and endemism in the family. Braz. J. Bot 41, 867–887 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-018-0497-1

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