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A new species of Ocotea (Lauraceae), O. aureotomentosa, is hypothesized and illustrated. We follow K. de Queiroz’s view of a unified species concept and use morphological evidence to support our species hypothesis.
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We are grateful to the Editor-in-Chief, Benjamin Torke, and two anonymous referees for providing constructive comments on an early draft of this paper, Marília Mendes for collecting flowering materials, and Bárbara Rossi for making the beautiful illustration.
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Assis, L.C.S., Silva, C.C.A. & Salim, I.S.H. The Ocotea aureotomentosa (Lauraceae) hypothesis based on the morphological line of evidence. Brittonia 70, 312–315 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-018-9528-2
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