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Tabaroa, a new genus of Leguminosae tribe Brongniartieae from Brazil

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A new genus of Leguminosae in tribe Brongniartieae is proposed based on a new species endemic to the Caatinga of Bahia state. The new genus is named as Tabaroa L. P. Queiroz, G. P. Lewis & M. F. Wojc. and the new species as Tabaroa caatingicola L. P. Queiroz, G. P. Lewis & M. F. Wojc. A phylogenetic study of the Brongniartieae based on nuclear rDNA ITS and plastid matK sequences supports a closer relationship between Tabaroa and Harpalyce Moc. & Sessé than to the two South American genera Poecilanthe Benth. and Cyclolobium Benth., which are more similar morphologically. Optimisation of selected morphological characters on one of the most parsimonious trees indicates that the sessile ovary and the explosive pollen presentation are putative synapomorphies of the Tabaroa-Harpalyce clade. The genus Tabaroa may be diagnosed by the absence of peltate glandular trichomes; leaves imparipinnate, exstipellate and with opposite leaflets; flowers sessile, not resupinate, grouped in panicles; anthers apiculate; and fruit indehiscent. The only known species inhabits areas of arboreal caatinga on sandy soil in southwestern Bahia, near the boundaries of Dom Basílio and Livramento de Nossa Senhora municipalities.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Brian Stannard who collected the first known material of Tabaroa and brought his collection to our attention; Ana Maria Giulietti, Ray Harley, Kelly Leite and Maria José Andrade collected a number of the specimens cited or helped with the fieldwork of LPQ; Domingos Cardoso, José Eduardo Meireles, Hortensia Bautista and two anonymous reviewers critically read an earlier draft of the paper; Margaret Tebbs prepared the beautiful line drawing in Fig. 6; Katherine Challis and Melanie Thomas prepared the Latin diagnosis and LPQ was supported by a pq grant from CNPq.

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  1. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Depto. de Ciências Biológicas, Km 03 BR 116, Campus, 44031-460, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil

    Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK

    Gwilym P. Lewis

  3. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4501, USA

    Martin F. Wojciechowski

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Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Taxa sampled for the nuclear DNA ITS and plastid matK. Codes in the table refer to GenBank accession numbers (www.ncbi.nih.gov).

Taxa

ITS

matK

Tribe Brongniartieae

Brongniartia alamosana Rydb.

AF467022

AF142688, GQ246147

Brongniartia magnibracteata Schltdl.

AF287638

–

Brongniartia inconstans S.Watson

GQ250075

GQ246146

Brongniartia lupinoides (Kunth) Taub.

–

GQ246149

Brongniartia peninsularis Rose

GQ250076

GQ246148

Brongniartia ulbrichiana Harms

–

GQ246145

Cyclolobium brasiliense Benth.

AF287637, AF467041

AF142686

Harpalyce arborescens A.Gray

–

AF142689

Harpalyce brasiliana Benth.

AF204711, AF204733

GQ246153

Harpalyce formosa DC.

–

GQ246154

Harpalyce lanata L. P. Queiroz

GQ250077

–

Harpalyce pringlei Rose

GQ250078

–

Hovea elliptica (Sm.) DC.

AF287640

–

Hovea longipes Benth.

GQ250079

–

Hovea purpurea Sweet

–

AY386889.1

Hovea trisperma Benth.

AF287639

–

Lamprolobium fruticosum Benth.

GQ250080

GQ246159

Plagiocarpus axillaris Benth.

–

GQ246160

Poecilanthe falcata Benth.

AF467492.1

GQ246155

Poecilanthe itapuana G. P. Lewis

GQ250081

–

Poecilanthe parviflora Benth.

AF187089

AF142687

Poecilanthe subcordata Benth.

GQ250082

GQ246156

Tabaroa catingicola L. P. Queiroz, G. P. Lewis & M. F. Wojc.

GQ250083, GQ250084

GQ246161, GQ246162

Templetonia hookeri Benth.

GQ250085

GQ246157

Templetonia retusa R. Br.

AF287636

GQ246158

Templetonia sulcata Benth.

AF287635

–

Tribe Crotalarieae

Aspalathus cephalotes Thunb.

EF457677.1

–

Crotalaria podocarpa DC.

AJ313500.1

–

Crotalaria pumila Ortega

–

AY386867.1

Lebeckia sericea Thunb.

–

GQ246144

Tribe Dalbergieae

Andira galeottiana Standl.

U59889.1

–

Hymenolobium mesoamericanum H. C. Lima

AF187087

–

Vatairea sp.

AF187088

–

Tribe Genisteae

Anarthrophyllum desideratum (DC.) Benth.

–

AY386923.1

Chamaecytisus mollis (Cav.) Greuter & Burdet

AF007472

–

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link

–

AY386902.1

Cytisus supranubius (L.f.) Kuntze

AF351102.1

–

Dichilus lebeckioides DC.

–

GQ246143

Genista monspessulana (L.) Johnson

–

AY386862.1

Genista tinctoria L.

AF351094.2

–

Lupinus anatolicus W. Święcicki & W. K. Święcicki

AF108085

–

Lupinus argenteus Pursh

–

AY386956.1

Lupinus consentinii Guss.

–

AY386943.1

Melolobium microphyllum Eckl. & Zeyh.

AF287683

–

Spartium junceum L.

–

AY386901.1

Tribe Liparieae

Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.

AJ409913.1

AY386951.1

Liparia splendens (Burm. f.) Bos & de Wit

AM261490.1

–

Podalyria speciosa Eckl. & Zeyh.

AM261677.1

–

Tribe Sophoreae

Acosmium panamense (Benth.) Yakovlev

–

AF142684.1

Ammodendron argenteum (Pall.) Kuntze

–

AY386957.1

Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus) Harms

–

AF142685.1

Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth

–

AY386937.1

Calia arizonica (S.Watson) Yakovlev

GQ250086

AY386864.1

Calia secundiflora (Gomez–Ortega) Yakovlev

EF457711.1

AF142693.1

Cladrastis delavayi Prain

–

AY386861.1

Cladastis lutea Raf.

–

AF142694.1

Cladrastis platycarpa (Maxim.) Makino

–

AY386935

Dicraeopetalum stipulare Harms

–

GQ246142

Diplotropis brasiliensis (Tul.) Benth.

–

AY386939.1

Diplotropis martiusii Benth.

–

AY386938.1

Maackia amurensis Ruprecht & Maxim.

Z72336

AY386944.1

Ormosia colombiana Rudd

–

AY386960.1

Ormosoa formosana Kaneh.

–

AF142682.1

Sophora davidii Kom. ex Pavlov

AF467496

AY386958.1

Sophora macrocarpa Sm.

Z95563, Z95577

–

Sophora microphylla Aiton

AY056075

–

Sophora nuttalliana B. L. Turner

–

AY386865.1

Sophora tomentosa L.

AY725482

–

Sophora toromiro Skottsb.

AJ409921

–

Styphnolobium affine (Torr. & A. Gray) Walp.

U59886

–

Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott

Z72340, Z72341

AY386962.1

Tribe Swartzieae

Bobgunnia madagascariensis (Desv.) J. H. Kirkbr. & Wiersema

–

AY386940.1

Swartzia flaemmingii Raddi

–

AY386941.1

Swartzia jororii Harms

–

AY386942.1

Tribe Thermopsideae

Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br.

–

AY386900.1

Piptanthus nepalensis D. Don

Z72320, Z72321

AY386924.1

Piptanthus tomentosus Franch.

AY091570

–

Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt.) Richards

AF007468

AY386866.1

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de Queiroz, L.P., Lewis, G.P. & Wojciechowski, M.F. Tabaroa, a new genus of Leguminosae tribe Brongniartieae from Brazil. Kew Bull 65, 189–203 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9202-7

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