@article{481e99863efa4589aaf078b5b79add68,
title = "A new species of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) from Michoac{\'a}n, Mexico",
abstract = "A new species, Cuscuta cotijana, is described and illustrated from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northwestern Michoac{\'a}n, Mexico. The species is most closely related to Cuscuta jalapensis, C. mitriformis, C. rugosiceps and C. lindsayi, from which it differs by the large spur-like projections on the outer calyx lobes and the ovoid to conical capsule with a small intrastylar aperture.",
keywords = "Convolvulaceae, Cuscuta, Cuscuta cotijana, Mexico, Michoac{\'a}n, Morphology",
author = "Mihai Costea and Ruiz, {Ignacio Garc{\'i}a} and Mark Welsh",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions that improved the manuscript. The first author gratefully acknowledges that financial support for this research was received from a grant funded by WLU Operating funds, and the second author thanks COFAA and EDI of IPN for the scholarships provided. Guy Nesom kindly translated the Latin diagnosis.",
year = "2008",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/s12228-008-9017-0",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "60",
pages = "235--239",
journal = "Brittonia",
issn = "0007-196X",
number = "3",
}