Philcoxia goiasensis

Philcoxia goiasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Gratioleae
Genus: Philcoxia
Species: P. goiasensis
Binomial name
Philcoxia goiasensis
P.Taylor

Philcoxia goiasensis is a rare annual herb in the Plantaginaceae family and is endemic to the Rio da Prata area of Posse, Goiás, in Brazil.[1]

It was discovered April 5, 1966 by H. S. Irwin, J. Russell, J. W. Grear Jr, R. Souza and R. Reisdos Santos at 800 meters altitude in the Serra Geral de Goiás, part of the cerrado, in an open, sandy area. Unlike the other three species in the genus, P. goiasensis is remarkably smaller.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Taylor, P., Souza, V.C., Giulietti, A.M., and Harley, R.M. (2000). Philcoxia: A new genus of Scrophulariaceae with three new species from Eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin, 55(1): 155-163.
  2. Carvalho, M.L.S. & L.P. Queiroz (2014). Philcoxia tuberosa (Plantaginaceae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil. Neodiversity 7: 14–20.