The species of Tigrideae (Iridaceae) in the Sierra of Nanchititla, State of México, Mexico, and description of the new species Tigridia nanchititlensis

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 446 (5) ◽  
pp. 268-280
Author(s):  
AARÓN RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
DENNIS SZESZKO ◽  
GUADALUPE MUNGUÍA-LINO

The Sierra of Nanchititla Natural Park is located in central Mexico. It occupies the southwestern corner of the State of México, within the municipality of Luvianos at the border with the states of Michoacán and Guerrero. It is part of the Balsas Basin biogeographical province. The sierra is a topographically complex region, isolated from the neighboring sierras, harboring several endemic species. Here, Tigridia nanchititlensis is described and illustrated as a new species. Morphologically, this taxon pertains to the subgenus Hydrotaenia. It is a rupicolous and pendulous plant characterized by its horizontal flowers and upright fruits. It is most closely related to T. meleagris, and co-occurs in the studied area with other species of Tigrideae, such as Cardiostigma longispatha, Cipura campanulata, Tigridia meleagris, T. mortonii, and T. pavonia. Two of them, Tigridia nanchititlensis and T. mortonii are endemic to the Sierra of Nanchititla.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 286 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
VANESSA ROJAS-PIÑA ◽  
LEONARDO O. ALVARADO-CÁRDENAS

Beaucarnea olsonii is described and illustrated from tropical deciduous forests of SW Puebla, Mexico. The new species can be distinguished from other Beaucarnea species by its massively swollen base that abruptly tapers into slender branches, by its conspicuously long stigma, and by its pedicel articulation that occurs at 2/3 of the length of the pedicel below the flower. With this new addition, the total number of endemic species of Beaucarnea for Mexico increases to 10, making this country the greatest center of diversification and endemism for the genus. We also provide a distribution map and a conservation status recommendation for the new species, as well as a key to the Beaucarnea species of southern central Mexico.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
ELIANE DE LIMA JACQUES

Begonia fimbritepala (Begoniaceae) a new endemic species to the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil is described and illustrated. This species resembles B. olsoniae in occupying the same habitat (rocky slopes and outcrops), and in the shape of the leaf blades and size of male flowers. It differs by glabrous leaves on the adaxial surface, villous abaxial veins with simple trichomes (vs. hispid on both surfaces, squamulose on abaxial veins with fimbriate scales) and tepals with ciliate margins (vs entire to slightly crenulate).


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 425 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
ELIANE DE LIMA JACQUES

Begonia itaipeensis (Begoniaceae), a new narrow endemic species from the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest is described and illustrated. This species resembles B. friburgensis Brade but is readily distinguished from that species by its rupicolous habit, leaves with long petioles, and transversely ovate leaf blades.


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1924 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
NORHAYATI AHMAD

A new species of the gekkonid lizard, Cytrodactylus macrotuberculatus sp. nov., is described from Pulau Langkawi of the Langkawi Archipelago located off the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the state of Kedah. This species had been previously recognized as C. pulchellus but is differentiated here from that species and all other Sunda Shelf Cyrtodactylus on the basis of its strong tuberculation and other scale and color pattern characteristics. This represents the second endemic species known from the Langkawi Archipelago.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 520 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-208
Author(s):  
BRAYAN PAIVA CAVALCANTE ◽  
MACIEL FLORÊNCIO DA SILVA

We describe a new species from Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil), Hohenbergia densa, that inhabits the dry vegetation of the state. This new species can be recognized by its short and robust habit, differing from other Caatinga-endemic species of the region, that commonly present a broader rosette with a long inflorescence axis. Additionally, we provide illustrations, habit, phenology, a map of occurrence, and a table of morphological comparisons with similar taxa.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 409 (5) ◽  
pp. 296-300
Author(s):  
LUCIO LOZADA-PÉREZ

A new species of the state of Chiapas, Ilex montebellensis, is herein described and illustrated. The specimens were previously determined as I. mitis, an endemic species of Africa. This new species is morphologically akin to I. tectonica but differs for presenting larger leaves, 9.0‒22.0 × 4.0‒9 cm, petioles 1.5‒4.0 cm, masculine inflorescences in fasciculated dichasia, fruit with hard mesocarp and dorsally smooth pirenes. The checklist of species for Mexico and Mesoamerica is analysed. An identification key with Mesoamerican species that share the entire character of the leaf blade with the new species, is provided.


1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade E. Miller ◽  
Oscar Carranza-Castañeda

Although relatively numerous accounts of late Tertiary canids have been reported from the western United States, records from Mexico are scarce. The three genera and species described and discussed in this paper come from Hemphillian and Blancan age deposits located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. All specimens were collected within a stratigraphic context. One taxon, Borophagus diversidens, was recovered from Blancan age deposits, while both Osteoborus cyonoides and a new species of Canis, C. ferox, came from deposits of Hemphillian age. This new species of Canis appears to be directly ancestral to the extinct C. lepophagus, long considered the forerunner of the modern coyote, C. latrans. The new Mexican canid also appears to be the earliest true Canis yet reported.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 530 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176
Author(s):  
GABRIEL BLANCA ◽  
MIGUEL CUETO ◽  
JULIÁN FUENTES

Linaria subbaetica, a new species from the south of the Iberian Peninsula, is here described, illustrated, and compared with its morphologically closest relatives from L. sect. Supinae: L. badalii, L. caesia, and L. supina. The species is characterised by being annual, and having usually revolute leaves, a short and corymbiform inflorescence at anthesis with a pilose-glandulose axis, a white to pale-yellow corolla (yellow to orangish palate), bearing a spur equalling to slightly longer that the rest of the corolla, and black seeds with a tuberculate and papillose disc surface and a thickened wing. L. subbaetica is an endemic species, growing on calcareous mountains, in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, Córdoba province (Andalusia, Spain).


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 528 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-246
Author(s):  
EDUARDO VALDUGA ◽  
INÊS CORDEIRO ◽  
JOÃO RICARDO VIEIRA IGANCI

Croton bacupariensis, an endemic species from the coastal plain of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species shares morphological features with Croton gnaphalii, but differs mainly by the habit, indumentum of leaves and morphology of pistillate flowers. In addition; C. gnaphalii occurs all over the Pampa’s grasslands of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 414 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRA FLORES-ARGÜELLES ◽  
ANA ROSA LÓPEZ-FERRARI ◽  
ADOLFO ESPEJO-SERNA ◽  
ARIOSTO RAFAEL ROMERO-GUZMÁN

Hechtia ibugana a new species from the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, is described and illustrated. The new taxon is compared with H. pretiosa and H. rosea, species that also present sepals and petals rose to reddish, as well as with H. iltisii and H. santanae, endemic species of the state of Jalisco, Mexico.


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