(Solanaceae): a prickly novelty from the land of the sugar loaves, central Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Gouvêa & Giacomin, , is described from central Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It is known from only three localities in Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais states, where granitic/gneissic outcrops (inselbergs or sugar loaves) are ubiquitous. The new species, here described, belongs to Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum (or the Leptostemonum clade; i.

(Solanaceae), a new wolf-fruit from Brazil, and a key to the extra-Amazonian Brazilian Androceras/Crinitum Clade species.

is described from the Cerrado biome in the Serra da Canastra region, southwestern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The new species is morphologically similar to the common A.St.

A sticky and heavily armed new species of (Solanumsubg.Leptostemonum, Solanaceae) from eastern Brazil.

We describe a new species of spiny (Solanumsubg.Leptostemonum), endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and associated with granitic outcrops (inselbergs or sugar loaf mountains). Gouvêa & Giacomin, is morphologically similar to the poorly known Hiern, but is a heavily armed, much more robust plant with stellate-glandular indumentum.