Manfreda santana-michelii (Asparagaceae Subfamily Agavoideae), a Striking New Species from Sierra Madre del sur in Western Mexico

Arturo Castro-Castro, Pilar Zamora-Tavares, Pablo Carrillo-Reyes, Aarón Rodríguez

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Abstract

Manfreda santana-michelii is described from ecotone areas between open pine-oak forest and savannoid vegetation in the northern range of the Sierra Madre del Sur, in western Mexico. Morphologically, the new species resembles M. involuta and M. singuliflora, but differs from both of these by the development of denticulate margins on the leaves, racemose inflorescences, two pedicellate, tubulate, ascending flowers per node, a straight perigone tube, and 0.3-0.5 cm long filaments that are inserted just at the base of the perigone lobes. Illustrations, photographs for the new species and similar taxa, and a key to identify Manfreda in western Mexico accompany the description.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)497-501
Number of pages5
JournalSystematic Botany
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Agavaceae tribe Poliantheae
  • Sierra del Cuale

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