Two New Brazilian Species of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) Marcos Jose da Silva Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botanica, Laboratorio de Taxonomia Vegetal, Cidade Universitaria “Zeferino Vaz" s/n, CEP 13083-970, CP 6109, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, [email protected] nov. TYPE: BraziL Bahia: Itubera, area da Michelin, Vila 05, 13°43'S, 39°08'W, 24 Sep. 2006 (fl.), R. Valaddo de M., J. S. Santos & M. L. Guedes 57 (holotype, ALCB). Figure 1. cataphyllarv stipules 0.8-1 X 0.5-0.7 mm, triangular, petiole < 1 mm, leaf blades 5-6 X 2.9-3.9 mm, capillary, finely papillose; sepals 5, 2.1-2.2 X 1.4— 5, 2.9-3 X 2-2.1 mm, widely elliptic, acute, membra- doi: 10.3417/2008022 Novon 19: 229-233. Published on 18 June 2009. 231 Volume 19, Number 2 Silva 233 2009 Phyllanthus from Brazil funding for this study (grant 140609/2006-7); t Hollowell (MO) for editorial advice. Kathriarachchi, H., R. Samuel, P. Hoffmann, J. Mlinarec, K. 2006. Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phvllantha- plastid matK DNA sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 93(4): dellia 5: 1-26. ' ' Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae). Novon 12: 290-298.