A–D is Vellozia albohexandra (Mello-Silva 1449) and E–I is Vellozia mellosilvae (Mello-Silva 4347). A–B. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. B. Detail of sclerified cell bundles in adaxial epidermis (arrow). C. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow showing the cells elliptically clustered. D. Leaf abaxial epidermis, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. E. Cross section of the middle region of leaf. F. Leaf adaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered. G. Leaf abaxial epidermis, arrow highlighting the cells elliptically clustered, detail in the top right showing the paracytic stomata. H–I. Pedicel cross-section. Black scale bars in A–G, I = 100 μm; grey scale bar in H = 250 μm.

 
 
  Part of: Cabral A, Albuquerque Magri R, Lopes JC (2022) Increasing knowledge on the diversity of canelas-de-ema in the campo rupestre: two new species of Vellozia (Velloziaceae) from the southern Espinhaço Range, Brazil. Plant Ecology and Evolution 155(3): 343-352. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.94326