TY - JOUR
T1 - Morphological variation in bessera (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae) allows for the recognition of two new species
AU - Gándara, Etelvina
AU - Ortiz-Brunel, Juan Pablo
AU - Castro-Castro, Arturo
AU - Ruiz-Sanchez, Eduardo
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PY - 2021/7/29
Y1 - 2021/7/29
N2 - Bessera (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae) is a genus endemic to Mexico. It currently has two described species: B. elegans with a wide geographic distribution from Durango and Sinaloa in the Sierra Madre Occidental, across the Transmexican Volcanic Belt to Oaxaca in the Sierra Madre del Sur, and B. tuitensis which is endemic to the Sierra del Cuale in Jalisco. Most of the morphological variation in Bessera occurs in western Mexico. We measured ten morphological characters for 280 plants from 21 populations, including B. tuitensis, to answer the following questions: Can Moore's Group B of B. elegans be recognized as a different species? Are the newly included B. elegans s. l. populations from Colima different from B. elegans s. str., and from B. elegans s. l. (Moore's group B)? Is there a significant relationship between morphological variation and climate variables for these species? The statistical analyses (ANOVA, MANOVA, and discriminant analysis) allowed us to recognize two new Bessera species, described here as B. elegantissima and B. ramirezii. Additionally, we provide a morphological key for Bessera, illustrations, a distribution map, and photographs of all the species.
AB - Bessera (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae) is a genus endemic to Mexico. It currently has two described species: B. elegans with a wide geographic distribution from Durango and Sinaloa in the Sierra Madre Occidental, across the Transmexican Volcanic Belt to Oaxaca in the Sierra Madre del Sur, and B. tuitensis which is endemic to the Sierra del Cuale in Jalisco. Most of the morphological variation in Bessera occurs in western Mexico. We measured ten morphological characters for 280 plants from 21 populations, including B. tuitensis, to answer the following questions: Can Moore's Group B of B. elegans be recognized as a different species? Are the newly included B. elegans s. l. populations from Colima different from B. elegans s. str., and from B. elegans s. l. (Moore's group B)? Is there a significant relationship between morphological variation and climate variables for these species? The statistical analyses (ANOVA, MANOVA, and discriminant analysis) allowed us to recognize two new Bessera species, described here as B. elegantissima and B. ramirezii. Additionally, we provide a morphological key for Bessera, illustrations, a distribution map, and photographs of all the species.
KW - Endemic species
KW - Geophytes
KW - Pacific lowlands
KW - Tropical forest
KW - Western Mexico
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U2 - 10.11646/phytotaxa.512.4.2
DO - 10.11646/phytotaxa.512.4.2
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85111512073
SN - 1179-3155
VL - 512
SP - 257
EP - 271
JO - Phytotaxa
JF - Phytotaxa
IS - 4
ER -