Open AccessCoccoloba floresii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Chiapas (Mexico)
Author(s) -
Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz,
Itziar Arnelas,
Juan Tun,
Juan P. Pinzón
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
phytotaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1179-3163
pISSN - 1179-3155
DOI - 10.11646/phytotaxa.213.3.6
Subject(s) - polygonaceae , biology , eudicots , inflorescence , botany , panama , ecology , taxonomy (biology)
Coccoloba floresii is here described as a new species from Mexico. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, and fruit show discontinuities among populations of C. floresii and its relatives, C. barbadensis and C. cozumelensis. In addition, C. floresii is exclusive of the tropical dry forests of Central Depression and Plateau of Chiapas (Mexico) at high elevations.