Philcoxia goiasensis

Philcoxia goiasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Philcoxia
Species:	P. goiasensis
Binomial name
	Philcoxia goiasensis; P.Taylor

Philcoxia goiasensis is a rare annual herb in the family Plantaginaceae and is endemic to the area of Posse, Goiás, in Brazil.^[1]

It was discovered on 5 April 1966 by H. S. Irwin, J. Russell, J. W. Grear Jr, R. Souza and R. Reisdos Santos at 800 metres (2,600 ft) altitude in the , part of the cerrado, in an open, sandy area. Unlike the other three species in the genus, P. goiasensis is remarkably smaller.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Taylor, P., Souza, V.C., Giulietti, A.M., and Harley, R.M. (2000). Philcoxia: A new genus of Scrophulariaceae with three new species from Eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin, 55(1): 155-163.
^ Carvalho, M.L.S. & L.P. Queiroz (2014). Philcoxia tuberosa (Plantaginaceae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Neodiversity 7: 14–20.

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[Taylor_et_al._2000-1] Taylor, P., Souza, V.C., Giulietti, A.M., and Harley, R.M. (2000). Philcoxia: A new genus of Scrophulariaceae with three new species from Eastern Brazil. Kew Bulletin, 55(1): 155-163.

[tuberosa-2] Carvalho, M.L.S. & L.P. Queiroz (2014). Philcoxia tuberosa (Plantaginaceae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil. Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Neodiversity 7: 14–20.

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