Croton restingae sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae), a new species of section Adenophylli from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and its phylogenetic relationships Author Sodré, Rodolfo Carneiro Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 18618 - 970 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. rodolfo.sodre@unesp.br Author Silva, Marcos José da Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), 74001 - 970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. marcos_agrorural@hotmail.com Author Caruzo, Maria Beatriz Rossi Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 09972 - 270, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil. mbrcaruzo@unifesp.br Author Riina, Ricarda Real Jardín Botánico (RJB), CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain. rriina@rjb.csic.es text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-04-17 864 104 116 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2091 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2091 6cca2877-adc6-49f6-aa36-c38961908c2c 2118-9773 7841620

Table 2. Morphological comparison between C. restingae Sodré & Riina sp. nov., C. echioides Baill. and C. laceratoglandulosus Caruzo & Cordeiro.

Character		C. echioides	C. laceratoglandulosus	C. restingae sp. nov.
Stipule	length	1–3.5 mm	3.5–20 mm	4–10 mm
	shape	entire	entire or 2–7-palmatisect	entire
	glands	with or without 2 sessile glands	5–30 stipitate glands on the margin	2 sessile glands on the base
Basilaminar	number per leaf	2	absent	2(–6)
nectaries	stipe	0.5–1.4 mm long	–	sessile or stipe 0.1–0.4 mm
	position	abaxial surface	–	both surfaces
Staminate	dimension	0.7–1.2 × 0.4–0.7 mm,	2.3–6.5 × 1.2–4 mm	2–2.3 × 1.5–1.6 mm
bracts	margin	entire	laciniate, sometimes dentate or entire	entire
Pistillate	dimension	1.3–3 × 0.6–1.3 mm	2.4–4.2 × 0.8–3.5 mm	4.2–5 × 2.6–3 mm
sepals	aspect	plane	plane	revolute
	glands	absent	5–numerous, rarely absent	absent
Number of stamens		16–19	(32–)39–55(–74)	15–18
Styles	basal column	absent	0.3–1.1 mm long	ca 0.8 mm long
	ramification	2-fid with 6 terminal arms	(6–)8-fid with (18–)24 terminal arms	2-fid with 6 terminal arms
Capsule size		4.8–5.5 × 5.5–6 mm	4.9–5 × 5–5.3 mm	7.5–8 × 8.5–9.3 mm