(Versão em Português no final)
Thanks to the Facebook page Detweb, which specializes in plant identification, it was possible to establish contact with researcher Idimá Costa and learn about a new species of the Conchocarpus, family Rutaceae (the orange family), a shrub from the understory of the forest with purple flowers, known only from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The plant was named Conchocarpus hendrixii, after the great American composer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), in a direct reference to his famous song Purple Haze.
Thanks to the Facebook page Detweb, which specializes in plant identification, it was possible to establish contact with researcher Idimá Costa and learn about a new species of the Conchocarpus, family Rutaceae (the orange family), a shrub from the understory of the forest with purple flowers, known only from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The plant was named Conchocarpus hendrixii, after the great American composer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), in a direct reference to his famous song Purple Haze.
One of Hendrix's most famous images is his guitar on fire at his 1967 show at the Monterey Festival (California, USA). In these days, with global concerns on forest destruction by burning on the agenda, how about turning Hendrix's guitar fire on a plant growing with purple flowers? All wrapped in a "Purple Haze", in a fantastic rereading designed by one of the authors of the article, Heloísa Maeoka.
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| Jimi Hendrix and the new species, Conchocarpus hendrixii (Rutaceae). Drawing and copyright: Heloísa Maeoka |
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| Conchocarpus hendrixii (Rutaceae), new endemic species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Photo by Idimá Gonçalves |
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| Hendrix and his burning guitar, Monterey Festival, 1967 (photo by Ed Caraeff). Instead fire, why not growing plant? (Right drawing copyright by Heloísa Maeoka) |
The article was published in Phytotaxa journal (see below) and the team that subscribes to the article are Milton Groppo, Idima Costa, Carla Bruniera, Carolina Ferreira, Laura Afonso, Heloisa Maeoka, Fernanda Dutra, Eduardo Gasparino and Paola Ferreira.
The work was funded by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, grants 2016/06260-2, 2006/03170-0, 2007/06336-0, and 2016/06260-2), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq, grant 309088/2016-0 for MG) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível
Superior (Capes, Finance Code 001).
The work was funded by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, grants 2016/06260-2, 2006/03170-0, 2007/06336-0, and 2016/06260-2), Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq, grant 309088/2016-0 for MG) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível
Superior (Capes, Finance Code 001).
We hope Hendrix approves the tribute!
Article:
Rock star flowers: Conchocarpus hendrixii (Galipeinae, Rutaceae), a new species from Eastern Brazil with notes on its phylogenetic position in the genus - Phytotaxa 422 (1): 75-92. Available in: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.422.1.5
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Conchocarpus hendrixii, new species. Drawings by Heloísa Maeoka. Source: https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.422.1.5
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