Fiaschi, P. (Herbário André Maurício Vieira de Carvalho, CEPEC/CEPLAC, Km 22 da Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, Itabuna, Bahia, C.P. 7, 45600–970, Brazil; pedrofiaschi@hotmail.com) I. Cordeiro (Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, C.P. 4005, 01061–970, Brazil; isandona@uol.com.br) Discocarpus pedicellatus, a new species of Phyllanthaceae (Euphorbiaceae s.l.) from southern Bahia, Brazil. Brittonia 57: 248–251. 2005.—Discocarpus pedicellatus, a new species from semideciduous forests of southern Bahia, is here described and illustrated. Pistillate flowers with pedicels 8–10 mm long and styles usually connate into a column 2.5–3 mm long are diagnostic for this species.