<i>Keraunea</i> gen. nov. (Convolvulaceae) from Brazil

Abstract

Keraunea Cheek &amp; Simão‐Bianchini gen. nov. (Convolvulaceae) from Brazil is described and illustrated as the third known neuropeltoid genus. It appears allied to the Old World genera of Neuropeltis Wall and Neuropeltopsis Ooststr. in having wind‐dispersed fruits not by enlarged sepals, but subtended by an enlarged papery bract to which the pedicel is adnate, and flowers in which the bracteoles are absent or usually very inconspicuous. Keraunea brasiliensis , the single species thus far known, is here assessed as ‘Endangered’.