Cunila socorroae (Lamiaceae) a new species from Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 453 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-42
Author(s):  
MARÍA DEL ROSARIO GARCÍA-PEÑA ◽  
JESÚS GUADALUPE GONZÁLEZ-GALLEGOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Volcanic Belt ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Sierra Madre Occidental ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
A New Species

Recent botanical explorations in Durango, Mexico, led to the discovery of a new species endemic to this state: Cunila socorroae (Lamiaceae), which is consequently here described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically most similar to C. jaliscana and C. lythrifolia. It can be distinguished from both in having less flowers per cyme, lanceolate floral bracts, longer calyx tube, and lanceolate calyx teeth and longer. It also deviates from C. jaliscana by the fewer floral internodes, longer floral bract, and generally longer corolla tube. Also, the exfoliating bark, white corollas and internally pubescent, make a clear distinction against C. lythrifolia. The distinctive geographic distribution of these species is an additional support to their separation; the new species is exclusive of the middle portion of Sierra Madre Occidental, whereas C. jaliscana is restricted to the northernmost portion of Sierra Madre del Sur, and C. lythrifolia, though mostly occurs in eastern Tans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, has also some localities in southern Chihuahuan Desert, Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre del Sur.

Mexican biogeographic provinces: Map and shapefiles

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4277 (2) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN J. MORRONE ◽  
TANIA ESCALANTE ◽  
GERARDO RODRÍGUEZ-TAPIA
Keyword(s):  
Transition Zone ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Volcanic Belt ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Sierra Madre Occidental ◽  
Biogeographic Provinces ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
Mexican Transition Zone ◽  
Nearctic Region

We provide a map of the 14 biogeographic provinces of Mexico based on the ecoregions recognized for the country, which combine climatic, geological and biotic criteria. These provinces belong to the Nearctic region (Californian, Baja Californian, Sonoran, Chihuahuan Desert and Tamaulipas provinces), Neotropical region (Pacific Lowlands, Balsas Basin, Veracruzan and Yucatán Peninsula provinces) and the Mexican transition zone (Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur and Chiapas Highlands provinces). In order to facilitate future biogeographic analyses, we provide a file of the biogeographical regionalisation of Mexico by converting the map into a polygon shapefile and a raster file with all provinces. We also separately provide each of the provinces in vector and raster format. All the maps are in geographical and Lambert Conformal Conic projections. 

Russelia tehuana (Plantaginaceae), a new species from the tropical dry deciduous forest in Oaxaca, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-256
Author(s):  
SALVADOR GUZMÁN-DÍAZ ◽  
EMMANUEL PÉREZ-CALIX ◽  
MARIE-STÉPHANIE SAMAIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
The State ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Leaf Surfaces ◽  
Dry Deciduous Forest ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Russelia tehuana (Plantaginaceae), is described from the Sierra Madre del Sur in the southern part of Oaxaca, Mexico. This taxon is distinguished from all other Russelia species by the hirsute pubescence, the resinous lepidotes present on both leaf surfaces, the small flowers and the centrally narrow corolla tube. Here we describe and illustrate this species, discuss its known distribution, and compare it with other Russelia species that grow in the state of Oaxaca.

scholarly journals The genus Manfreda (Asparagaceae; Agavoideae) in Guerrero, Mexico: richness, distribution and the description of a new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 612-623
Author(s):  
Arturo Castro-Castro ◽  
Jonathan Gilberto Zavala-Pérez ◽  
Ramiro Cruz-Durán
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Grid Cell ◽  
Volcanic Belt ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Biogeographic Provinces ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
Taxonomic Methods ◽  
A New Species

Background: Manfreda includes 37 species distributed from southeastern United States to Honduras. The Pacific Lowlands and Sierra Madre del Sur biogeographic provinces and Guerrero state are the centers of species richness and endemism for the genus in Mexico. Questions: How is the geographical distribution of Manfreda in Guerrero? Some specimen does not match any known Manfreda species, could be these collections a new species? Studied species: Fourteen Manfreda species. Study site: Guerrero, Mexico. Methods: The analysis was based on specimens reviewed from 19 herbaria, fieldwork, and records in specialized literature. The richness was quantified by municipalities, biogeographic provinces, and a grid cell, using geographic information systems. The morphological descriptions and the recognition of new species are based on traditional taxonomic methods. Results: Database included 86 records for 14 species. The richness is concentrated in 10 cells located in the transition between the Balsas Basin, Transmexican Volcanic Belt and the Sierra Madre del Sur. Some specimens that could not be assigned to any of the known species in Manfreda and proposed as a new species, which is presented with illustrations, an identification key, and a distribution map. Conclusions: Given the richness, the endemism, and the low density of collections of Manfreda in Guerrero, we found that the richness is likely greater than previously estimated and it could be expected to find new species. It is advisable to focus on the collection towards the Pacific Lowlands, since there is the greatest richness in Mexico.

scholarly journals Molecular and Morphological Evidence Reveals a New Species of Antiphytum (Echiochiloideae, Boraginaceae) from Guerrero, Mexico

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-199
Author(s):  
Nidia Mendoza-Díaz ◽  
Helga Ochoterena ◽  
Michael J. Moore ◽  
Hilda Flores-Olvera
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Distinctive Morphology ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
Nuclear Its ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Molecular and morphological evidence supports a new species in the genus Antiphytum from the Sierra Madre del Sur, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, here described as Antiphytum brevicalyx. This species is unique in the genus by possessing a calyx shorter than the corolla tube at anthesis; it is similar to A. floribundum in inflorescence arrangement, but differs from that species in lacking a basal leaf rosette and having appendages on the corolla throat. According to phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ITS and plastid ndhF-rpl32 sequences representing seven of the eight North American species of the genus besides the proposed new species, accessions of A. brevicalyx form a well-defined clade within Antiphytum, corroborating its distinctive morphology. However, the analyses do not resolve the phylogenetic position of A. brevicalyx within the genus.

Systematics of the frogs allocated to Sarcohyla bistincta sensu lato (Cope, 1877), with description of a new species from Western Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4422 (3) ◽  
pp. 366 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONATHAN A. CAMPBELL ◽  
EDMUND D. JR. BRODIE ◽  
ITZUE W. CAVIEDES-SOLIS ◽  
ADRIÁN NIETO-MONTES DE OCA ◽  
VÍCTOR H. LUJA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Sierra Madre Occidental ◽  
Western Mexico ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
A New Species

A new species of hylid frog is described from the southwestern edge of the Mexican Plateau from the states of Morelos and Mexico through Michoacán and Jalisco, reaching the Sierra Madre Occidental in Sinaloa and western Durango. The new species is part of the widespread Mexican hylid Sarcohyla bistincta (sensu amplo) complex, comprised of S. bistincta, S. pentheter, S. calthula, and S. ephemera. One subspecies of S. bistincta (labeculata) was proposed for an isolated population in Oaxaca. We restrict the group’s nominal species, S. bistincta (sensu stricto), to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico and southward into the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Examination of type material places S. calthula and S. ephemera in the synonymy of S. labeculata (new combination). The species allied to S. bistincta, namely, S. bistincta, S. labeculata, S. pentheter, and the new species described herein, are diagnosed and described following recent suggested taxonomic changes and new available material. 

A New Species of Montane Rain Frog, Genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylus), from Guerrero, Mexico

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay M. Savage
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Sierra Madre Del Sur ◽  
A New Species

Eleutherodactylus uno n. sp . is described from the oak-pine zone of the Sierra Madre del Sur, in the Mexican state of Guerrero . The new species cannot be associated with any currently recognized supraspecific division within the genus and demonstrates the unsatisfactory nature of attempts to cluster the approximately 400 known species into groups.

Salvia wixarika (Lamiaceae), a new species from Jalisco, Mexico, and novelties on Mexican Salvia with white corollas

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESÚS GUADALUPE GONZÁLEZ-GALLEGOS ◽  
IRMA LORENA LÓPEZ-ENRÍQUEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Filament Length ◽  
Style Length ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Pedicel Length ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
Mexican Species ◽  
A New Species

The new species Salvia wixarika from Sierra Madre Occidental region (northern Jalisco, Mexico) is here described and illustrated. This is one of the few Mexican species characterized by having corollas entirely white. It is morphologically related to S. sphacelifolia but differs by the absence of glandular-capitate hairs, leaf shape, floral bract length, pedicel length, number of veins in the upper calyx lip, filament length, connective and style length. It is also similar to S. collinsii but differs in size and duration of floral bracts, pedicel length, calyx width, corolla length, lower lip size, filament length, connective length, theca and style length. Additionally, the updated descriptions of S. collinsii and S. sphacelifolia are provided.

Neobartsia matuy (Orobanchaceae), a new species from the Colombian Andes

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 424 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
MARIA DEL PILAR MALAGON ◽  
HUMBERTO MENDOZA-CIFUENTES ◽  
SOFIA GÓMEZ-PARRA ◽  
SIMON URIBE-CONVERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Yellowish Green ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
Light Green ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Neobartsia endemic to the eastern Andes of Colombia is described, illustrated, and compared with related species. This species belongs to section Orthocarpiflorae and morphologically it is characterized by having floral bracts light green with glandular hairs, corolla yellowish green, the galea cucullate, longer than the lip, retrorsely glandular-puberulous, the lip three-lobed, glabrous and the corolla tube decurved. Currently, it is only known from two localities in the Colombian department of Boyacá, where it grows in the páramo ecosystem between 3528 and 3639 meters above sea level on rocky soil with grassy vegetation.

Salvia rhizomatosa (Lamiaceae) a new species from Sierra Madre Occidental in Durango, Mexico, with a synopsis of Salvia sect. Brandegeia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 434 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-269
Author(s):  
JESÚS GUADALUPE GONZÁLEZ-GALLEGOS ◽  
ARTURO CASTRO-CASTRO ◽  
HERIBERTO ÁVILA-GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Sierra Madre Occidental ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
A New Species

Recent botanical explorations in Sierra Madre Occidental in Durango, Mexico, led to the discovery of a new species which according to its morphology belongs to Salvia sect. Brandegeia. The new taxon is morphologically most similar to S. oresbia from central Mexico, against which it is thoroughly compared. Additionally, it is presented a synopsis of the section in order to provide updated and standardized descriptions for those species known only in base to their protologues, which allows a more detailed and precise comparison in respect to the new species. The morphological examination of the species in the section also revealed that the recognition of S. sharpii as a distinct species from S. blepharophylla is not justified; consequently, it is reduced to synonymy. An identification key, a distribution map, photographs, and a drawing of the new species are also presented.

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