FIGURE 2. Vegetation physiognomy of the type-locality and morphology of Ouratea cauliflora: A. General view from Atlantic Forest and artificial lake at Duas Bocas Biological Reserve, Cariacica, Espírito Santo, Brazil. B. Forest interior in the Pau Oco trail. C. Habit and inflorescences. D. Stem subdivided in alternate leaf and leafless regions: (α) leaf region with clustered leaves and brachyblasts, (β) leafless regions aphyllous and (γ) leaf region aphyllous with scars left by the fallen leaves with brachyblasts. E. Cauliflorous and ramiflorous inflorescences in the apex of the brachyblasts. F. Axillar thyrse and flowers. G. Details of buds, and open flowers. H. Fruits and Ouratea verticillata: I. Habit. J. Axillar and erect thyrse. K. Details of buds, and open flowers (C–G after Fraga 2340; H after Amorim 7650; I–K after Cardoso 1009). All photos of the Ouratea cauliflora by C. N. Fraga and O. verticillata by L. J. T. Cardoso.

Published as part of Fraga, Claudio Nicoletti De & Saavedra, Mariana Machado, 2014, A new cauliflorous white-flowered species of (Ochnaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, pp. 119-126 in Phytotaxa 167 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13638105