Philcoxia goiasensis

'''''Philcoxia goiasensis''''' is a rare [[Annual plant|annual]] [[herb]] in the family [[Plantaginaceae]], and is [[endemism|endemic]] to the [[Da Prata River (Goiás)|Rio da Prata]] area of [[Posse, Goiás|Posse]], [[Goiás]], in [[Brazil]].<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000">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.</ref>

'''''Philcoxia goiasensis''''' is a rare [[Annual plant|annual]] [[herb]] in the family [[Plantaginaceae]], and is [[endemism|endemic]] to the [[Da Prata River (Goiás)|Rio da Prata]] area of [[Posse, Goiás|Posse]], [[Goiás]], in [[Brazil]].<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000">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.</ref>

It was discovered on 5 April 1966 by H. S. Irwin, J. Russell, J. W. Grear Jr, R. Souza and R. Reisdos Santos at {{convert|800|m|ft}} altitude in the [[Serra Geral de Goiás]], part of the [[cerrado]], in an open, sandy area. Unlike the other three species in the genus, ''P.&nbsp;goiasensis'' is smaller.<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000" /><ref name=tuberosa>Carvalho, M.L.S. & L.P. Queiroz (2014). [http://www.neodiversity.org/articles/neod7103.pdf ''Philcoxia tuberosa'' (Plantaginaceae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100137/http://www.neodiversity.org/articles/neod7103.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }} ''Neodiversity'' '''7''': 14–20.</ref> Its leaf blades or [[laminae]] are [[peltate]] and only 2&nbsp;mm in diameter.<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000"/>

It was discovered on 5 April 1966 by H. S. Irwin, J. Russell, J. W. Grear Jr, R. Souza and R. Reisdos Santos at {{convert|800|m|ft}} altitude in the [[Serra Geral de Goiás]], part of the [[cerrado]], in an open, sandy area. Unlike the other three species in the genus, ''P.&nbsp;goiasensis'' is smaller.<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000" /><ref name=tuberosa>Carvalho, M.L.S. & L.P. Queiroz (2014). [http://www.neodiversity.org/articles/neod7103.pdf ''Philcoxia tuberosa'' (Plantaginaceae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100137/http://www.neodiversity.org/articles/neod7103.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }} ''Neodiversity'' '''7''': 14–20.</ref> Its leaf blades or [[Lamina (leaf)|laminae]] are [[peltate]] and only 2&nbsp;mm in diameter.<ref name="Taylor et al. 2000"/>

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