Neomarica sergipensis sp. nov. (Trimezieae Iridaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
A new species of Neomarica from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is described and illustrated. Neomarica sergipensis A. Gil M.C.E. Amaral sp. nov. (Trimezieae, Iridoideae, Iridaceae) grows in restinga forests (forests on the coastal plains dominated by sandy soils) in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. The new species resembles Neomarica northiana, especially due to the white flowers with the basal third of the tepals yellow and covered by brown maculae, but differs by the inner tepals of with the center of the apical third is tinted violet to purple, yellow stigmatic crests with fimbriate to erose margins, and the endemic occurrence in Sergipe.