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Stemodia cipoensis (Plantaginaceae): A New Species from Serra Do Cipó, Minas
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Date of publication May 17, 2017
Stemodia cipoensis (Plantaginaceae): A New Species from Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil
André Vito Scatigna,1,4 Vinicius Castro Souza,2 and André Olmos Sim~oes3
1Programa de Pós-graduaç~ao em Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro
Lobato 255, CEP 13083-862, Campinas, S~ao Paulo, Brazil.
2Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Le~ao 2040,
CEP 22460-036, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255,
CEP 13083-970, Campinas, S~ao Paulo, Brazil.
4Author for correspondence (andre_vs13@hotmail.com)
Communicating Editor: Susana Freire
Abstract—The Serra do Cipó, part of the central portion of the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil, is known to have been
extensively investigated over the past three decades, especially because of the “Flora da Serra do Cipó” project. Nevertheless, some areas have been
poorly collected as the effortswere largely concentrated near the roads. Various new species, in several families, have been recently discovered in the
campos rupestres of the Serra do Cipó. Here we report the discovery of a new species of Stemodia (Plantaginaceae) from the northwestern slopes. We
describe and illustrate the new species based on morphological and micro-morphological evidence, provide information on its taxonomy, habitat,
geographical distribution, and conservation status, along with a key to distinguish it from the related species. Stemodia cipoensis is similar to S.
harleyi, S. lobata, and S. stellata, being characterized by the presence of long, stiff, curved, eglandular trichomes. It has been assessed as CE (critically
endangered) under criteria B1ab(iii) and B2ab(iii), following IUCN guidelines.
Keywords—Campos rupestres, endemism, Espinhaço Range, Gratioleae, Santana do Riacho.
The Espinhaço Range represents less than 1.5% of the
Brazilian territory, yet it harbors about 10% of the Brazilian
species of angiosperms (Ribeiro et al. 2014). In addition,
several potential centers of endemism have been recognized in
the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais (ERMG) (Echternacht
et al. 2011). This high percentage of diversity and the existence
of such centers of endemism may relate to the heterogeneity
found in the campos rupestres, a savanna-like mosaic vege-
tation usually associated with quartzite, sandstone, and
ironstone outcrops, poor soils, and elevations above 900 m
(Conceiç~ao and Pirani 2005; Ribeiro et al. 2014). The Serra do
Cipó, part of the central portion of the ERMG, encompasses
two of the areas of endemismwith a higher number of endemic
species (Echternacht et al. 2011). Although the flora of the Serra
do Cipó is known to have been extensively investigated over
the past three decades, especially because of the “Flora da
Serra do Cipó” Project (Giulietti et al. 1987; Pirani et al. 2015,
some regions have been poorly collected as the efforts were
largely concentrated near roads (Madeira et al. 2008).
Furthermore, the number of catalogued angiosperms in the
region — ca. 3,000 spp. (Pirani et al. 2015 — is currently
increasing with the constant discovery of new species in
various families, including some that are well represented
in the campos rupestres such as Asteraceae (Heiden and
Pirani 2014; Semir et al. 2014), Droseraceae (Rivadavia and
Gonella 2011), Fabaceae (Borges et al. 2014), Mela-
stomataceae (Romero 2013; Romero and Versiane 2016),
Rubiaceae (Zappi et al. 2014), and Vochysiaceae (Shimizu
et al. 2012).
Stemodia L. is the second largest genus of the tribe Gra-
tioleae of the Plantaginaceae, with almost 60 species oc-
curring in the tropics, composed of herbs or subshrubs with
equal to subequal sepals, bilabiate corollas, and anthers with
separated thecae (Turner and Cowan 1993; Souza and
Giulietti 2009). There are 16 species of Stemodia in Brazil
(Souza and Hassemer 2015), but only two have been re-
ported in the Serra do Cipó: Stemodia lobata J. A. Schmidt and
S. microphylla J. A. Schmidt (Souza and Giulietti 2003; Pirani
et al. 2015).
Here we describe and illustrate a new species of Stemodia,
presumably endemic to the northwestern slopes of the Serra
do Cipó, based on morphological and micro-morphological
evidence. We also provide information on its taxonomy,
habitat, geographic distribution, and conservation status, and
compare the new specieswith its putative relatives: S. harleyiB.
L. Turner, S. lobata, and S. stellata B. L. Turner.
Materials and Methods
Our descriptions and morphological comparisons were based on lit-
erature (Turner and Cowan 1993; Souza and Giulietti 2003, 2009) and on
examination of recent collections and herbarium material; see Appendix 1
for voucher information. Morphological terminology follows Harris and
Harris (2001). The conservation status assessment was based on the
Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria v.11 (IUCN
2014) and on field observations. Estimates of the extent of occurrence
(EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) were made with the geospatial
conservation assessment tool (GeoCAT; Bachman et al. 2011) based on the
IUCN default cell width (2 km).
The following herbaria were consulted: ALCB, BHCB, BHZB, CEN,
CEPEC, CVRD, DIAM, EAC, ESA, HCJS, HRB, HUEFS, IAC, IAN, ICN,
MBM,MBML,MG, OUPR, R, RB, SP, SPF, UB, UEC, andUPCB. The digital
databases of K, NY, MO, and P were also consulted. All abbreviations
follow Thiers (2016).
Scanning ElectronMicroscopy—Samples of leaves and stem of Stemodia
harleyi, S. lobata, S. stellata, and the new species were fixed in formol-acetic
acid alcohol (FAA) and stored in 70% ethanol. The material was critical-
point dried, mounted on aluminum stubs with double-sided adhesive tape
and coveredwith 50 nmof gold in a Bal-Tec SCD 050 sputter coater. Images
were observed in a Jeol JSM 5800LV Scanning Electron Microscope, at
10kV, and recorded with SemAfore 5.21 software.
Results
Wewere able to identify four types of glandular trichomes
(types 1, 2, 3, and 4) and two types of eglandular trichomes
(types 5 and 6) on leaf and stem surfaces of the four species
here studied (Figs. 1, 2): type 1 has a broad base, a pedicel
with two or three cells, and a rounded head cell (Fig. 1A);
type 2 consists of a wide, apparently sessile, unicellular
gland (Fig. 1B); type 3 has a short unicellular pedicel and a
wide head with 4 or 8 cells (Fig. 1C); type 4 is a minutely
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capitate, filiform, flexible, and uniseriate hair with variable
length (100 mm–2,000 mm) (Fig. 1D); type 5 is a stiff, den-
dritic, uniseriate hair (Fig. 1E); type 6 is a stiff, strongly
curved, and uniseriate hair with a broad base and rarely
minutely capitate (Fig. 1F).
Among the glandular trichomes, types 1 and 2were found in
all species but S. harleyi; type 3was themost common, found in
all four species; and type 4 was exclusively found in S. harleyi.
Regarding the eglandular trichomes, type 5 was only found in
S. stellata; type 6was found on stem and leaves of specimens of
Fig. 1. Scanning rlectron micrographs showing the types of trichomes found on stem and leaves of Stemodia spp. A–D. Glandular types. A. Type 1. B.
Type 2. C. Type 3. D. Type 4. E–F. Eglandular types. E. Type 5. F. Type 6. A, B and F from S. cipoensis, C from S. lobata, D from S. harleyi, and E from
S. stellata.
Fig. 2. Comparative scanning electron micrographs of leaf, adaxial and abaxial surfaces, and stem, respectively. A, E, I. Stemodia cipoensis. B, F, J. S.
harleyi. C, G, K. S. lobata. D, H, L. S. stellata.
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the new species, being scattered over adaxial surface and al-
most exclusively on the veins of abaxial surface, and in S.
lobata, being only slightly curved, very sparse and absent on
stem. See Fig. 2 for comparison.
Taxonomic Treatment
Stemodia cipoensis Scatigna, sp. nov. TYPE—BRAZIL.Minas
Gerais: Santana do Riacho, RPPN Brumas do Espinhaço,
base do morro Ermo Açu, 43°420500W, 19°020090S, alt.
1430 m, 29 Apr 2016, Scatigna & Ferreira Junior 1120
(holotype: UEC!; isotypes: K!, NY!, SPF!).
Stemodia cipoensis is similar to S. harleyi, S. lobata, and
S. stellata. It is characterized by stiff, curved, eglandular tri-
chomes on vegetative parts. Stemodia cipoensis differs from
S. harleyi in the pubescent corolla throat (vs. villous); from
S. lobata in the dark blue to purple corolla with white, pu-
bescent throat (vs. entirely violet, with glabrous throat) and in
the dorsiventrally compressed corolla tube (vs. not com-
pressed); and from S. stellata in the lack of dendritic trichomes
(vs. dendritic trichomes present) and in the corolla upper lip
patent to ascendant (vs. reflexed).
Suffruticose perennials, up to 50 cm high. Stems as-
cending, terete to sub-quadrangular, branched, covered
with short (ca. 0.1 mm) capitate trichomes, interspersed
with long (0.5–1 mm) non-capitate trichomes, denser to-
wards apex. Leaves whorled, 3 per node, sometimesop-
posite in younger plants; petioles 0.2–1.3 cm long, densely
glandular-pubescent, with long and eglandular trichomes;
blades broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.8–6.3 cm 3
0.3–3.0 cm, apex acute, base cuneate to obtuse, margins
crenate-serrate, abaxial surface sparsely glandular-
punctuate, covered with short capitate trichomes and
some longer, curved, eglandular trichomes, these exclu-
sively on veins, adaxial surface strigose, covered with
short capitate trichomes interspersed with longer,
eglandular, curved trichomes scattered over surface.
Flowers axillary, single or geminate, ebracteolate; pedicel
0.8–3.0 cm long, densely glandular-pubescent, strongly
ascending after fruiting; sepals subequal, base connate,
lanceolate, 5.0–6.0 3 1.3–2.2 mm, apex acute to acuminate,
sparsely glandular-pubescent with few longer, curved,
eglandular trichomes on veins and margins; corolla bi-
labiate, dark blue to purple, with broad white patch on
throat, tube 10–12 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed
towards throat, base slightly inflated, externally glabrous,
base internally villous, upper lip obscurely 2-lobed, ca.
5.1–5.3 3 6–6.3 mm, apex truncate to slightly emargi-
nated, externally bearded, lower lip shallowly 3-lobed, 2-
canaliculate, 5.5–6.0 3 7.8–8.5 mm, pubescent, with short,
eglandular trichomes on throat, lobe apices truncate to
emarginate, ca. 4.5 3 3.5 mm. Stamens 4, didynamous,
included, filaments filiform, apex capitate, anterior pair
ca. 6.3 mm long, posterior ca. 4.3 mm long, glabrous;
anthers with 2 thecae, separated by the connective, ca.
0.7 mm long, glabrous; staminode 1, much reduced. Ovary
superior, syncarpous, 2-carpelar, 2-locular, ovoid, ca.
2.2 3 1.3 mm, glabrous; placentation axillary, ovules
numerous; style terminal, solitary, filiform, 5.5 mm long,
glabrous, persistent; stigma obdeltoid, ca. 0.7 mm long,
curved, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, ca. 7.0 3 3.5 mm, de-
hiscence both loculicidal and septicidal on apical portion,
functionally poricidal, apex zygomorphic, glabrous; seeds
cylindrical, 0.7–0.8 3 0.4–0.5 mm, base acuminate, re-
ticulate, longitudinally ribbed. Figures 3 and 4.
Taxonomy—Stemodia cipoensis ismorphologically similar to S.
harleyi, a species restricted to the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, and
to S. lobata and S. stellata, both from the ERMG, as all of them
present a procumbent, suffruticose habit, 3-verticilate and clearly
petiolate leaves, and long-pedicelate and ebracteolate flowers.
Furthermore, an ongoing phylogenetic study corroborates this
relationship (Scatigna et al. unpublished). One of the main di-
agnostic characters among these species is the type of trichomes on
vegetative parts: Stemodia cipoensis exhibits stiff, curved, eglandular
trichomes (Type 6; Fig. 1F) on vegetative parts, which are absent in
the other species, except for some rare, less curved trichomes on
leaves of S. lobata; it lacks the dendritic trichomes (Type 5; Fig. 1E)
only present in S. stellata, and the long and minutely capitate tri-
chomes (Type 4; Fig. 1 D), exclusive to S. harleyi. Stemodia cipoensis
also differs from S. harleyi in the corolla with its pubescent throat
(vs. villous); from S. lobata in the corolla being dark blue to purple
with a white patch on throat (Fig. 4A, B) (vs. entirely violet) and in
the corolla tube being dorsiventrally compressed (Figs. 3F and 4B)
(vs. not compressed); and from S. stellata in the throat with ex-
clusivelywhitepatch (vs.white andyellowpatch) and in theupper
lip being patent to ascending (Fig. 4A, B) (vs. reflexed). For
morphological comparison, see Table 1.
Stemodia cipoensis may be confused with S. trifoliata (Link)
Rchb., in the 3-whorled leaves, especially in herbarium ma-
terial, but is readily differentiated from it by the procumbent
habit (vs. erect), by the slightly obdeltoid stigma (Fig. 3K) (vs.
erect, strongly bilobed), by the corolla being infundibular and
bilabiate (Figs. 3G and 4A) (vs. hipocrateriform and cruciform)
and by the leaf margins being crenate-serrate (Fig. 3E) (vs.
usually double-serrate). In addition, herbarium specimens
tend to be black in S. cipoensis and greenish in S. trifoliata. There
are no records of co-occurrence of the two species.
Etymology—The epithet refers to the Serra do Cipó, a
portion of the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, where this
species is believed to be endemic.
Geographic Distribution, Habitat and Ecology—Stemodia
cipoensis is only known from the Reserva Particular do
Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Brumas do Espinhaço, a private
Natural Reserve located in the Northwest slopes of the Serra
do Cipó, at elevations around 1,400 m. It occurs exclusively in
the edges of humid and relatively shaded fractures of quartzite
rocks, regionally called “lapas” (Figs. 4E, F). Like in the related
species, the fruits are oriented upwards, due to the curvature
of the pedicels, and exhibit functionally poricidal dehiscence,
which may be associated with seed dispersal through rain-
drops and/or wind (Figs. 3M, 4C).
Conservation Status—Based on IUCN (2014), if an evalu-
ation were performed Stemodia cipoensiswould be qualified as
CR (critically endangered) under criteria B1ab(iii) and B2ab
(iii). The species has the AOO and EOO of 4 km2, and is known
to occur in only one location. The suitable habitat is under
continuing decline of area and quality due to fire and cattle
grazing (Echternacht et al. 2010), invasion of exotic grasses
(Ribeiro et al. 2005) and erosion caused by tourist activities
such as hiking (Gualtieri-Pinto et al. 2008).
Representative Specimens Examined—BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santana
do Riacho, RPPN Brumas do Espinhaço, sopé do Ermo Açu, 11 Apr 2014,
Ferreira Junior et al. 1373 (BHZB[photo]!, UEC!); RPPN Brumas do
Espinhaço, base do morro Ermo Açu, 43°420500W, 19°020090S, Alt. 1430 m,
29 Apr 2016, Scatigna & Ferreira Junior 1116 (UEC!); idem Scatigna & Ferreira
Junior 1119 (BHCB!, UEC!).
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Fig. 3. Stemodia cipoensis. A. Flowering branch. B. Detail of stem surface showing indument. C. Detail of the branch apex, showing flower insertion. D.
Detail of leaf surface, showing indument. E. Abaxial surface of leaf. F. Flower in lateral view. G. Flower in frontal view. H. Detail of calyx showing basally
connate sepals. I. Flower in artificially opened view. J. Detail of anther with separate thecae. K. Gynoecium with curved stigma. L. Immature fruit in lateral
view. M. Fruit dehiscence. N. Seed with reticulate and ribbed surface. Drawn by Klei Sousa from the holotype (Scatigna & Ferreira Junior 1120[UEC]). Scale
bars: A. 2 cm. B, J, N. 0.5 mm. C. 5 mm. D, K. 1 mm. E, L, M. 2 mm. F, G, I. 5 mm. H. 2 mm.
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Fig. 4. Stemodia cipoensis. A. Flower in frontal view showing thewhite throat of the corolla. B. Flower in lateral view showing dorsiventral compression of
the corolla tube. C. Fruits oriented upwards on ascending pedicels. D.Whorled leaves and axillary pedicels with immature fruits. E. Individual in a crack in
a quartzite outcrop. F. General view of the quartzite outcrops in an area of campo rupestre.
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Key to STEMODIA CIPOENSIS and RELATED SPECIES
Brazilian state of occurrence is given in brackets: BA5Bahia; MG5Minas Gerais.
1. Plant covered with dendritic trichomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stemodia stellata (MG)
1. Plant not covered with dendritic trichomes
2. Stem and pedicel densely covered exclusively with short, glandular trichomes, except for sparse non-glandular trichomes near the nodes; corolla
throat glabrous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stemodia lobata (MG)
2. Stem and pedicel covered with long, non-glandular or minutely glandular trichomes; corolla throat pubescent orvillous
3. Leaves villous, mainly covered with long, flexible, minutely capitate trichomes; corolla throat villous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stemodia harleyi (BA)
3. Leaves hispid, mainly covered with long, stiff, strongly curved, non-glandular trichomes; corolla throat pubescent . . . . . . . . . . .Stemodia cipoensis (MG)
Discussion
Only two species of Stemodia have been previously recorded
in the Serra do Cipó: Stemodia microphylla and S. lobata (Souza
and Giulietti 2003; Pirani et al. 2015. Stemodia microphylla oc-
curs in the Serra do Ibitipoca, eastern Minas Gerais, and in the
ERMG, including the location where S. cipoensis was found.
These two species are easily differentiated by the opposite
leaves and bracteolate and resupinate flowers in S. microphylla
vs. 3-whorled leaves and ebracteolate and non-resupinate
flowers in S. cipoensis. Molecular evidence supports that
these species are not related (Scatigna et al. unpublished). The
records of S. lobata are mainly from the Ouro Preto region, a
potential center of endemism weakly related to the Serra do
Cipó (Echternacht et al. 2011). The only record from Serra do
Cipó (Heringer & Castellanos 5991 [R!, UB!]) was collected in
1958 and, despite the large number of botanical expeditions to
the location during the next ca. 60 yr, the species has never
been recollected, therefore, the exact location of the population
is not known.
Stemodia cipoensis occurs in a single locality, in a very re-
stricted habitat, a situation applied for several other plant
species of the Serra do Cipó (Echternacht et al. 2010; Rivadavia
and Gonella 2011; Shimizu et al. 2012; Zappi et al. 2014).
Furthermore, our discovery took place in a site usually reached
only by foot or bicycle, in a private Natural Reserve (RPPN).
All this reinforces the importance of collecting efforts in pre-
sumably well-studied regions, especially in sites away from
the main roads (Madeira et al. 2008). It also shows the im-
portance of RPPNs in the conservation of plant diversity in
areas of intense and increasing tourism activity (Gualtieri-
Pinto et al. 2008).
Acknowledgments. The first author thanks the Programa de Pós-
graduaç~ao em Biologia Vegetal for the Ph.D. scholarship and the In-
ternational Association for Plant Taxonomy for the 2016 IAPT Research
Grant. The second author thanks CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desen-
volvimento Cientı́fico e Tecnológico, Brazil) for a productivity grant. We
thank Fernando M. Fernandes (FZB-BH) for the collecting permit; Inês
Ribeiros (FZB-BH) for making the BHZB material available; Carlos
A. Ferreira Junior (FZB-BH) for field support; Juliana de Paula-Souza
for sending the paratype to UEC; the crew of the Laboratory of
Electronic Microscopy (IB/UNICAMP) for all assistance; and Klei Sousa
for line drawing.We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for valuable
comments that helped improving the final version of the manuscript.
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Character S. cipoensis S. harleyi S. lobata S. stellata
Types of trichomes on vegetative
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white throat
Blue with white and
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Corolla tube shape Dorsiventrally compressed Dorsiventrally compressed Not compressed Dorsiventrally compressed
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APPENDIX 1. List of representative specimens examined of Stemodia spp.
Species, country, state, municipality, locality, date, collector surname,
collection number, herbarium. *Specimens analyzed in the scanning
electronic microscopy.
Stemodia cipoensis— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santana do Riacho, RPPN
Brumas do Espinhaço, base do morro Ermo Açu, 30 Apr 2016, Scatigna &
Ferreira Junior 1116 (UEC); idem Scatigna & Ferreira Junior 1119 (BHCB,
UEC); idem Scatigna & Ferreira Junior 1120* (K[isotype], NY[isotype], SPF
[isotype], UEC[holotype]).
Stemodia harleyi— BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê, about 5 km along Andaraı́
road, 25 Jan 1980, Harley et al. 20667 (CEPEC[isotype], SPF[isotype]);
Mucugê, campo defronte ao cemitério, 20 Jul 1981, Giulietti et al. CFCR1397
(ESA, SPF); Mucugê, cemitério bizantino, 19 Jan 2015, Scatigna & Carmo
651* (UEC); Palmeiras, Pai Inácio, 19Nov 1983,Noblick & Pinto 2794 (UEC).
Stemodia lobata— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Mariana, Parque Estadual
do Itacolomi, 23 Apr 2010, Cândido et al. 399 (OUPR); Ouro Preto, Parque
Municipal Cachoeira das Andorinhas, 02 May 2016, Scatigna et al. 1142*
(UEC); Ouro Preto, Lavras Novas, 03 May 2016, Scatigna & Bastos 1145
(UEC); Ouro Preto, Morro de S~ao Sebasti~ao, without date, Damazio 763
(OUPR).
Stemodia stellata— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Santo Antônio do Itambé,
Parque Estadual do Pico do Itambé, 02 Mar 2009, Almeda et al. 9675 (UEC);
Santo Antônio do Itambé, Parque Estadual do Pico do Itambé, 07 Jul 2014,
Scatigna et al. 479* (UEC); Eastern slopes of Pico do Itambé, 11 Feb 1972,
Anderson et al. 35828 (UB[isotype]).
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