Catimbaua

Catimbaua is a genus of shrubs in the family Linderniaceae. It contains a single species, Catimbaua pendula. It has pendant branches, greyish leaves and red flowers. The species occurs on steep cliffs in the Catimbau National Park in Pernambuco, north-eastern Brazil.[1]

Catimbaua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Catimbaua
L.P.Felix, Christenh. & E.M.Almeida
Species:
C. pendula
Binomial name
Catimbaua pendula
L.P.Felix & E.M.Almeida

References

  1. Almeida, E.M., Wanderley, A.M., Santos, A.D.S., De Melo, J.I.M., Souza, G., Batista, F.R.D.C., Christenhusz, M.J. and Felix, L.P., 2019. Two new genera and species of Linderniaceae (Lamiales) from inselbergs in northeastern Brazil: morphological and karyological evidence. Phytotaxa 400(4):215-226.


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