taxonID	type	description	language	source
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê, Distrito of Guiné, Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina, Beco do Guiné trail upslope to the Vale do Pati, 12 ° 45 ’ 25.7 ” S, 41 ° 30 ’ 43.8 ” W, 1,187 m, 21 May 2019, fl., fr., F. Almeda 10748, R. B. Pacifico, L. Daneu & L. C. Gomes (holotype: HUEM!, isotypes: CAS!, CEPEC!).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Microlicia bicolor differs from M. torrendii by its 1 - nerved leaves (vs. 1 - 3 - nerved in M. torrendii), the midvein slightly impressed on the abaxial surface (vs. prominent), calyx lobes terminating in a longer eglandular trichome ca. 0.5 mm long (vs. no apical trichome or a short one ca. 0.2 mm long), petals basally overlapping during anthesis (vs. non-overlapping) that are pale pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base (vs. entirely magenta), and staminal filaments, pedoconnectives, and appendages that are yellow (vs. reddish or magenta).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	description	Copiously branched divaricate erect shrubs ca. 0.5 m tall, xylopodiferous. Branchlets light green (when fresh), subquadrangular, glandular-punctate, the stem angles unwinged or with narrow wings ca. 0.1 mm wide. Leaves spreading, flat, decussate, sessile, imbricate, ca. 2 – 3 times longer than the internodes; blades 5 – 8.5 × 1.5 – 6 mm, ovate to lanceolate, chartaceous, both surfaces vivid green when fresh, pale green when dry, base rounded, margin entire and glandular-punctate, the apex acute or rounded, eventually terminating in a rigid eglandular trichome up to 0.5 mm long (caducous), 1 - nerved, the vein ca. 1 mm wide at the leaf base becoming faint towards the apex, impressed on the adaxial surface and slightly impressed on the abaxial surface, both surfaces densely glandular-punctate, tertiary veins absent. Flowers 5 - merous on pedicels ca. 0.5 mm long, solitary, clustered at the apex of the branchlets, terminal or axillary. Hypanthia (at anthesis) 4.5 – 5.3 mm long, 3.8 – 4 mm wide at the torus, green when fresh turning pale-brown when dry, campanulate, densely glandular-punctate. Calyx tubes inconspicuous up to 0.2 mm long. Calyx lobes (at anthesis) 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, 1.5 – 2 mm wide (at the base), narrowly triangular, margin entire and glandular-punctate, apex rounded to acute, terminating in an eglandular trichome ca. 0.5 mm long (caducous), externally glandular-punctate. Petals 9.5 – 11 × 6.5 – 7.5 mm, obovate, pale pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base, margins entire, apex rounded to bluntly acute or obtuse, both surfaces glabrous. Stamens 10, dimorphic; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments 3.9 – 4.1 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 4.1 – 4.4 mm long, yellow, appendages 1.4 – 1.6 mm long, yellow, apex truncate to slightly emarginate, thecae 3 – 3.2 mm long (excluding the rostrum), linear-oblong, yellow becoming brownish in post-anthesis, externally slightly corrugated, polysporangiate, rostra 0.7 – 0.9 mm long, white, the circular pores ca. 0.2 – 0.3 mm wide, ventrally inclined; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments 2.6 – 2.9 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 2.4 – 2.6 mm long, yellow, appendages 0.9 – 1.1 mm long, apex truncate, thecae 2.4 – 2.8 mm long (excluding the rostra), linear-oblong, yellow becoming brownish in post-anthesis, externally slightly corrugated, polysporangiate, rostra 0.4 – 0.6 mm long, the circular pores ca. 0.1 – 0.2 mm wide, ventrally inclined. Ovaries ca. 2.5 × 2 mm, ovoid, superior, glabrous, 3 - locular; style ca. 8.5 mm long, declinate, linear, yellow, stigma punctiform. Loculicidal capsules 4 – 5 × 2.8 – 4 mm (when mature), ovoid, brownish (when dry), initially enveloped by the hypanthium that is constricted at the apex (forming a tube 1 – 2 mm long), then tardily rupturing and flaking away with age, the apex not exceeding the torus when mature, dehiscent from the apex to the base, columellas caducous. Seeds ca. 0.7 – 0.9 × 0.5 – 0.7 mm long, yellow, oblong-reniform, the testa reticulate.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat and phenology: — Apparently endemic to Serra do Esbarrancado, along the trail to Vale do Pati, District of Guiné, Mucugê, Bahia (Fig. 3). It grows on rocky outcrops exposed to full sun, at elevations between 1,096 - 1,187 m (Fig. 4 E). Collected flowering and fruiting in January, February, May and June.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	diagnosis	Recognition: — Microlicia bicolor can be recognized by its ovate to lanceolate 1 - nerved leaves that are glandularpunctate on both surfaces, flowers on pedicels ca. 0.25 – 1 mm long, hypanthia glandular-punctate, calyx lobes tipped with an eglandular caducous trichome ca. 0.5 mm long, petals pale pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base, uniformly yellow anther thecae, and antepetalous stamens with stout appendages ca. 0.9 – 1.1 mm long.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	discussion	Besides Microlicia torrendii (see diagnosis), M. bicolor is somewhat similar in morphology to M. candolleana, M. obtusifolia, M. amplexicaulis, and M. sincorensis, all of which share leaves that are ovate to lanceolate, imbricate, and glandular-punctate on both surfaces. Microlicia bicolor differs from M. candolleana by its 1 - nerved leaves (vs. 3 – 7 - nerved in M. candolleana), shorter calyx tubes up to 0.2 mm long (vs. 0.5 – 0.8 mm long), calyx lobes narrowly triangular (vs. subulate), petals pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base (vs. uniformly pink), yellow polysporangiate anthers (vs. bicolored, tetrasporangiate), and antepetalous stamens with stout connective appendages ca. 0.9 – 1.1 mm long (vs. ca. 0.2 mm long). Microlicia bicolor is readily distinguished from M. obtusifolia by its glandular-punctate hypanthia (vs. covered with pedicellate glandular trichomes in M. obtusifolia), and from M. amplexicaulis by the short pedicels ca. 1 mm long. (vs. 2.5 – 6 mm long); it also differs from both species by its polysporangiate anthers (vs. tetrasporangiate) and petals pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base (vs. uniformly magenta). Vegetatively, M. sincorensis is also reminiscent of M. bicolor but its leaves are modally longer, 7 – 11 mm long (vs. 5 – 8.5 mm long in M. sincorensis) and its petals are larger, 14 – 17 × 11 – 18 mm (vs. 9.5 – 11 × 6.5 – 7.5 mm). The anthers of M. sincorensis also have distinctive elongate apical pores (vs. circular pores in M. bicolor) and its mature hypanthia greatly exceed the enveloped ovary to form a distinct neck (vs. apex not exceeding the torus when mature). Except for M. torrendii and M. sincorensis (both Bahia endemics), all other compared species are known only from Minas Gerais state and grow more than 1,000 km distant from Guiné, Mucugê (Bahia). Note: — Microlicia bicolor was treated as Microlicia sp. 3 in the treatment of Lavoisiereae (as Microlicieae) from Mucugê, Bahia (Pataro et al. 2017).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The epithet refers to the variation in petal color among individuals of this species, i. e. pale pink with a yellow base, or white faintly flushed with pink and a yellow base (Fig. 2. A – D).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	conservation	Conservation: — The estimated EOO and AOO of M. bicolor are 1,231 km 2 and 12 km 2. These values would support an Endangered (EN) conservation status if criterion B of IUCN (2019) is applied. All collections apparently came from Chapada Diamantina National Park, where populations of M. bicolor are protected.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE713067FF449614FB9CFC1B.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê. Distrito of Guiné, Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina, Beco do Guiné trail upslope to the Vale do Pati, 12 ° 45 ’ 25.7 ” S, 41 ° 30 ’ 43.8 ” W, 1,187 m, 21 May 2019, fl., fr., F. Almeda et al. 10747 (CAS!, CEPEC!, HUEM!, RB!); ibidem, 21 May 2019, fl., fr., F. Almeda et al. 10750 (CAS!, CEPEC!, HUEM!); Guiné, 1,096 m, 5 May 2000, fl. fr., A. A. Conceição 871 (UEC-online image!, SPF!); Serra do Esbarrancado, 12 º 44 ” S, 41 º 30 ” W, 24 February 2005, fl., fr., A. A. Conceição 1177 (HUEFS!); Beco do Guiné no acesso ao Vale do Pati, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, 12 ° 45 ’ 19.7 ” S, 41 ° 30 ’ 37.4 ” W, 1,156 m, 25 June 2022, fl., fr., R. Pacifico et al. 705 (CAS!, HUEFS!, HUEM!, RB!); Beco do Pati, 12 o 45 ’ 24 ” S, 41 o 30 ’ 43 ” W, 1,205 m, 24 June 2011, fl., fr., L. Pataro et al. 120 (HUEFS!); Guiné, subida para o Beco do Pati – Serra do Esbarrancado – Chapada Diamantina, 12 º 45 ’ S, 41 º 30 ’ W, 1,186 m, 27 January 2015, fl., fr., A. Queiroz-Lima et al. 135 (ALCB!); ibidem, 27 January 2015, fl., fr., A. Queiroz-Lima et al. 138 (ALCB!, CEPEC!).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê. Beco do Guiné no acesso ao Vale do Pati, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, 12 ° 45 ’ 19.7 ” S, 41 ° 30 ’ 37.4 ” W, 1,262 m, 25 June 2022, fl. fr., R. Pacifico 704, V. E. Bressan & L. Daneu (holotype: HUEM!, isotypes, CAS!, HUEFS!, RB!).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Microlicia pataroi differs from M. intercalycina by its distinctly winged upper internodes (vs. carinate angles on upper internodes in M. intercalycina), its longer leaf blades 11 – 18 mm long (vs. 5.5 – 7 mm) that are glandular-punctate and lack an apical trichome (vs. leaves that are both glandular-punctate intermixed with a scattering of eglandular trichomes and tipped with an apical trichome), 3 - to obscurely 5 - nerved from the base (vs. 1 - nerved), calyx lobes 6.5 – 6.8 mm long (vs. 2 – 2.5 mm) that are widely oblong, foliaceous and lacking an apical trichome (vs. triangular with and eglandular apical trichome), pink petals with a yellow base (vs. entirely yellow or yellow-orange), and longer staminal filaments 6.5 – 9 mm long (vs. 2.5 – 3.5 mm).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	description	Copiously branched erect shrubs 1 – 5 m tall. Branchlets light green (when fresh), quadrangular, glandular-punctate, the stem angles with conspicuous narrow wings ca. 0.2 mm wide. Leaves spreading, flat, decussate, ca. 2 – 2.5 times longer than the internodes, sessile or on short rectangular petioles up to 0.9 mm long; blades 11 – 18 × 2 – 5.5 mm, narrowly elliptic, papyraceous, both surfaces vivid green when fresh, pale green when dry, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire and glandular-punctate, the apex acute or rounded, 3 - to obscurely 5 - nerved from the base, the midvein ca. 0.5 mm wide at the leaf base, venation impressed on the adaxial surface and slightly prominent on the abaxial surface, both surfaces densely glandular-punctate, tertiary veins absent. Flowers 5 - merous on pedicels 0.6 – 0.9 mm long, solitary, terminal or axillary, not clustered at the apex of the branchlets. Hypanthia (at anthesis) 3.9 – 4.2 mm long, 3.5 – 4 mm wide at the torus, yellowish green when fresh turning brown to vinaceous when dry, campanulate, densely glandular-punctate. Calyx tubes 0.1 – 0.3 mm long. Calyx lobes (at anthesis) 6.5 – 6.8 mm long, 2 – 2.2 mm wide (at the base), widely oblong and exceeding hypanthia in length, foliaceous, margin entire glandular-punctate, apex acute (sometimes bluntly so), externally glandular-punctate, calyx lobes alternating with white glandular trichomes 0.8 – 2 mm long. Petals 11 – 12 × 9 – 10 mm, widely obovate, pink with a yellow base, margin entire, apex rounded to bluntly acute, both surfaces glabrous. Stamens 10, dimorphic; larger (antesepalous) stamens 5, filaments 8.2 – 9 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 6.5 – 7 mm long, yellow, appendages 1.3 – 1.6 mm long, yellow, apex truncate to slightly emarginate, thecae 2.3 – 2.7 mm long (excluding the rostrum), oblong, pink, externally slightly corrugated, polysporangiate, rostra 0.4 – 0.7 mm long, white, the circular pores ca. 0.2 – 0.3 mm wide, ventrally inclined; smaller (antepetalous) stamens 5, filaments 6.5 – 7 mm long, yellow, pedoconnectives 2.5 – 3 mm long, yellow, appendages 1 – 1.4 mm long, apex truncate, thecae 2.4 – 2.8 mm long (excluding the rostra), oblong, yellow becoming brownish in post-anthesis, externally slightly corrugated, polysporangiate, rostra 0.4 – 0.6 mm long, the circular pores ca. 0.1 – 0.2 mm wide, ventrally inclined. Ovaries ca. 4 × 3.5 mm, ovoid, superior, glabrous, 3 - locular; styles 8 – 9 mm long, linear, pink with a yellow base, stigma punctiform. Loculicidal capsules ca. 5 × 4 – 4.5 mm (when mature), ovoid, brownish (when dry), initially enveloped by the ± constricted hypanthium at the apex, then tardily rupturing and flaking away with age, the apex not exceeding the torus when mature, dehiscent from the apex to the base, columellas caducous. Seeds ca. 0.63 – 1.10 × 0.27 – 0.42 mm, pale tan or brown, oblong-reniform, the testa foveolate.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	distribution	Distribution, habitat and phenology: — Like Microlicia bicolor, M. pataroi is known only from the Serra do Esbarrancado, where it has been collected along the trail to the Vale do Pati, District of Guiné, Mucugê, Bahia (Fig. 3). It grows on rocky outcrops exposed to full sun, at elevations between 1,073 – 1,239 m (Fig. 4 E). Collected flowering in August, November and May, and fruiting in May.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	diagnosis	Recognition: — Microlicia pataroi can be recognized by its leaf blades that are 11 – 18 mm long, 3 - to obscurely 5 - nerved from the base, with both surfaces densely glandular-punctate, oblong foliaceous calyx lobes 6.5 – 6.8 mm long that exceed the hypanthia in length, the presence of one white glandular trichome 0.8 – 2 mm long alternating with each calyx lobe, petals pink with a yellow base, and dimorphic stamens with corrugated polysporangiate thecae. Microlicia macropetala is another putative relative from which M. pataroi can be recognized by its narrower leaves 2 – 5.5 mm wide that are mostly obtuse at the base (vs. 6 – 7 mm wide that are broadly rounded to subcordate at the base in M. macropetala), longer calyx lobes 6.5 – 6.8 mm long (vs. 4.5 – 5 mm long) that are oblong and foliaceous (vs. triangular), each calyx lobe alternating with one white glandular trichome 0.8 – 2 mm long (vs. glandular trichome absent), and smaller petals 11 – 12 × 9 – 10 mm (vs. 20 – 22.5 × 14 – 15.5 mm) that are pink with a yellow base (vs. entirely magenta). Microlicia pataroi, M. intercalycina and M. macropetala are endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, and may be sympatric in the Mucugê area.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	discussion	Note: — Microlicia pataroi was treated as Microlicia sp. 4 in the treatment of Lavoisiereae from Mucugê, Bahia (Pataro et al. 2017).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The epithet honors botanist Luciano Gomes Pataro de Almeida Aguiar (b. 1986 –). Luciano described new species of Microlicia (Pataro et al. 2013), authored a treatment of Microlicia for Mucugê, Bahia (Pataro et al. 2017) and collected the first known specimen of M. pataroi (Pataro 129 & H. A. Ogasawara, ALCB).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	conservation	Conservation: — The EOO and AOO are 0.023 km 2 and 4 km 2, respectively. These values would support a Critically Endangered (CR) conservation status following criterion B of IUCN (2019). Like M. bicolor, all collections of M. pataroi come from the Chapada Diamantina National Park, where their populations are protected.	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
AD35879BCE75306AFF44969EFDE3FA6F.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined (paratypes): — BRAZIL. Bahia: Mucugê. Distrito of Guiné, Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina, Beco do Guiné trail upslope to the Vale do Pati, 12 ° 45 ’ 20.1 ” S, 41 ° 30 ’ 39.4 ” W, 1,239 m, 21 May 2019, fl., F. Almeda et al. 10752 (CAS!, CEPEC!, HUEM!); ibidem, 21 May 2019, fr., F. Almeda et al. 10754 (CAS!, CEPEC!, HUEM!, RB!); Base da Serra do Esbarrancado, 12 º 45 ’ 45 ” S, 41 º 30 ’ 57 ” W, 1,073 m, 19 August 2011, fl., L. Pataro 129 & H. A. Ogasawara (ALCB!); Serra do Esbarrancado, 12 º 45 ’ 22 ’’ S, 41 º 30 ’ 41 ’’ W, 1,209 m, 1 November 2011, fl., A. Quaresma et al. 215 (HUEFS!).	en	Pacifico, Ricardo, Almeda, Frank, Gali, Lorena, Fidanza, Karina (2022): Novelties in Microlicia (Melastomataceae, Lavoisiereae) endemic to the campo rupestre of Guiné, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 566 (3): 290-300, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.566.3.4
