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Depicting Barbacenia flava and Vellozia intermedia with a short history of illustrated Velloziaceae

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An account of Velloziaceae species described from cultivated material and well illustrated by colour plates is provided. Colour plates and descriptions of Barbacenia flava and Vellozia intermedia are presented. The original works in which these species were described lack relevant details and illustrations. The descriptions and watercolours presented here provide complementary information for the characterisation of these species.

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This work is part of Laura Montserrat’s project of Scientific Initiation at University of São Paulo (USP), funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Thanks are also due to Eimear Nic Lughadha and Martin Cheek for encouraging, critical reading and valuable suggestions, to D. J. Nicholas Hind for providing extremely useful information on Martius' collections, to the State Forest Institute of Minas Gerais (IEF) for support in Ibitipoca, to Hiroe Sasaki and Rogério Lupo for advice to Laura Montserrat, and to two anonymous reviewers for valuable suggestions. Renato Mello-Silva is a CNPq research fellow.

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Mello-Silva, R., Montserrat, L. Depicting Barbacenia flava and Vellozia intermedia with a short history of illustrated Velloziaceae. Kew Bull 70, 22 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-015-9575-8

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