A new species of Dendropanax (Araliaceae) from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil

ABSTRACT Dendropanax caudatus Fiaschi, a new species from the rain forests of Espirito Santo, Brazil, is here described and illustrated. It resembles D. bahiensis Fiaschi, from which it can be distinguished by its smaller fruits and by the leaf blades, which have caudate to long-acuminate apices.