Check List 10(6): 1538–1540, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.biotaxa.org/cl) Journal of species lists and distribution

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D Augusto Francener 1* 1 2 and Climbiê FerreiraMenyanthaceae Hall 3 for the state of

raphic , Aluísio José Fernandes-Júnior , Marcos Vinicius Dantas-Queiroz g eo G

n 1 Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Curadoria do Herbário, Caixa Postal 68041. CEP 04045-972. São Paulo, SP, . o *2 CorrespondingInstituto de Botânica, author. Núcleo E-mail: de [email protected] Pesquisa em Palinologia, Caixa Postal 68041. CEP 04045-972. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3 Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa Orquidário do Estado, Caixa Postal 3005. CEP 01061-970. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. otes

N Abstract: Nymphoides grayana N. grayana is presented for the state of Tocantins, (Menyanthaceae) is a macrophyte, and its occurrence is known in Brazil only for the states ofRegion Mato of Grosso Brazil. and do Sul. In this paper, a new record of representing the first record of Menyanthaceae for the state and expanding the occurrence of the species for the North

DOI: 10.15560/10.6.1538

The state of Tocantins formally belongs to the North guaynensis Kunth), in the margin of shallow ponds (Pott and Pott 2000). transition zone between Brazilian and Amazon We found in the municipality of Conceição do Tocantins, rainforest.Region of Brazil; The however,Cerrado itis is predominant located on the in geographical the state, a population of N. grayana and collected a specimen that occupying about 91% of it; the remaining 9% are part of the poorest states of Brazil in number of collections, and forrepresents the North the Region first record of Brazil of the (Figure family 2). Menyanthaceae The area where to Tocantinsthe Amazon and rainforest Rondônia (IBGE are the 2004). only Tocantinstwo states is without one of the populationstate of Tocantins occurs hasand similarthe first characteristics record of the as species those found in the wetland, with co-occurrence of S. 2013). guayanensis (Figure 1B), in a shallow pond, of an anthropic registeredNymphoides collections of the family Menyanthaceae (CRIA area near a highway (Figure 1A). occurs in Brazil (Amaral 2013), consists of aquatic plants, annuals in temporary, the only ponds genus or perennial of Menyanthaceae in permanent that Nymphoides grayana (Griseb.) Kuntze, Revisio Generum water bodies (Pott and Pott 2000). Amaral (2013) cited Plantarum 2: 429. 1891. Nymphoides indica species in Brazil, but Pott and Pott (1997, 2000) and L. KuntzeN. grayana as the (Griseb) only recognizedKuntze, a Herb, floating, fixed, stoloniferous, perennial. Leaf 4.2–6.0 × 3.0–5.5 cm, sagittate to cordate, base sagittate or cordate,ca. Africa,Heckman occurring (1998) in citedthe Pantanal Wetlands in the states of apex rounded, abaxial surface purple (Figure 1C). Flower species recognized originally only for the West Indies and ca.yellow; calyx vinous-green, gamosepalous, 5-sepaled, 0.6 N. indica and N. grayana cm long (Figure 1E); corolla yellow, gamopetalous, 5-petaled, Matorelies Grosso on the and color Mato of theGrosso petals. do Sul Nymphoides (Ornduff 1969). indica has 1.2 cm long, fimbriated, not winged (Figure 1D). whiteThe corolla taxonomic lobes distinction and N. grayana of yellow ones (Figure Material examined: BRAZIL. Tocantins: Conceição do Tocantins,The Figure 29.I.2013, 2 shows fl., aA. big Francener gap on the and distribution A. J. Fernandes- of N. the flowers of Nymphoides indicates that N. grayana grayana,Júnior 1249 (SP). 1A–E). Furthermore, the ultraviolet light emittance of distribution of the species and probably is much more related (African plants) or absorb in the center and emit from however, this gap could not exist in the natural can uniformly emit ultraviolet light from the petals but N. indica withoutwith low any collect reference effort and to thissome species, misidentification only occurring of herbaria in the the remaining portion of the petals (West Indies Plants), Pantanalcollections. region We search (Pott and data Pott in literature 1997, 2000). mainly in local floras, Nymphoidesabsorbs grayana the is a ultraviolet typical macrophyte light completely of the The present paper shows the importance of collect efforts (Ornduff 1969).

Pantanal floodplain, developing both aquatic and terrestrial in poorly sampled regions, such as Tocantins, to fill gaps in becomeforms, andterrestrial with vegetativeduring the organs dry season that (Ritter often survive2013). species distribution. Based in the data of the speciesLink Nymphoidesweeks of dryness grayana on increasesthe areas itsof thefrequency Pantanal, with and certain then network (CRIA, 2013) and with addition of the collection 2013)—thatof the Herbarium is not of included the Universidade in this database, Federal we do found Tocantins only e.g., Sagittaria (HTO)—data obtained of 2 Index Herbariorum (Thiers disturbances then decrease with excess of stepping, and lives associated with others macrophytes ( a ratio of 0.13 collections/km of the collection density index1538 Francener et al. | First record of Menyanthaceae for Tocantins of Prance (1977) in the state of Tocantins. This ratio is a Acknowledgments: little underrated, because data of some herbaria from this The authors thanks the Coordenação de beginningAperfeiçoamento of his doctoral de Pessoal studies; de Nível the Fundação Superior (CAPES)de Amparo for à thePesquisa grant received by the first and second authors, and by the last author in the state still are not incorporated on speciesLink2 network, but 2009).nevertheless is very far from the Brazilian reality of collection thedo Estado species. de São Paulo (FAPESP) for the grant received by the third and density index of 0,59 collections/km (Sobral and Stehmann last authors; the Me. Vali Joana Pott for the taxonomic information about

Figure 1. Nymphoides grayana Pond with a population of N. grayana; B) N. grayana near a S. guayanensis N. grayana: C) Habitus (scale bar = (Griseb.) Kuntze (Menyanthaceae) in its natural environment in the municipality of Conceição do Tocantins, Brazil. A) (scale bar = 2cm); C–E) Morphology of 3cm); D) Front view of the flower (scale bar = 1cm); E) Rear view of the flower (scale bar = 0.5cm).

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