Open AccessCoccoloba tunii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Chiapas (Mexico)
Author(s) -
Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz,
Itziar Arnelas,
Juan P. Pinzón
Publication year - 2016
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.275.1.9
Subject(s) - polygonaceae , biology , inflorescence , eudicots , botany , plateau (mathematics) , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Coccoloba tunii is here described as a new species from Mexico. Morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, and fruit show discontinuities among populations of C. tunii and its relative, C. liebmannii. In addition, both species exhibit different geographical patterns, C. tunii is exclusive of the Central Depression and Plateau of Chiapas (Mexico) at mid elevations, while C. liebmannii ranges from Oaxaca to Colima on lowlands along the Pacific watershed.