Chionanthus monteazulensis (Oleaceae), a new species from the campo rupestre of Espinhaço Range, Brazil Author Zavatin, Danilo Alvarenga 0000-0002-8851-0202 danilozavatin @ ib. usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8851 - 0202 danilozavatin@ib.usp.br Author Almeida, Roberto Baptista Pereira 0000-0002-4629-1080 robertobaptistapa @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4629 - 1080 robertobaptistapa@usp.br Author Ramos, Renato 0000-0001-5957-3573 renatorsilva @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5957 - 3573 renatorsilva@usp.br Author Lombardi, Julio Antonio 0000-0003-1716-3159 Departamento de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho: Rio Claro, Avenida 24 - A 1515, 13506 - 900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. & julio. lombardi @ unesp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1716 - 3159 julio.lombardi@unesp.br text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-07-20 603 3 289 296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN journal article 57479 10.11646/phytotaxa.603.3.8 ed6cc60d-c9ff-451a-a938-a2016609240b 1179-3163 8166760

TABLE 1. Comparative table indicating the main differences between Chionanthus monteazulensis and the morphologically most similar species, C. fluminensis and C. crassifolius.

Characters	C. monteazulensis	C. fluminensis	C. crassifolius
Petiole length (mm)	1–2	1–2	2–35
Leaves length (cm)	(1–)1.8–2.9	3.5–10.5	1.5–19
Leaves shape	wide-elliptical to orbicular	elliptic	elliptic
Leaves base	cordate	subcordate	acute do obtuse
Inflorescence size	6–13 mm	2–5 cm	1.5–5 cm
Petals size	4–7 mm	9–12 mm	7–11 mm
Stamen number	2	4	2
Fruit size	2–3 mm	1–2 cm	5 mm