Open AccessSeven New Species ofHechtia(Bromeliaceae; Hechtioideae) from Puebla, Mexico
Author(s) -
Rodrigo Alejandro HernándezCárdenas,
Andrew Siekkinen,
Adolfo EspejoSerna,
Ana Rosa LópezFerrari
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
systematic botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1548-2324
pISSN - 0363-6445
DOI - 10.1600/036364422x16442668423518
Subject(s) - bromeliaceae , endemism , taxon , biology , identification key , genus , key (lock) , botany , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
— The genus Hechtia includes 91 species (with those described herein), 88 of them present in Mexico, and the entire genus is endemic to the region termed Megaméxico 3 by Rzedowski. With 21 species, the Mexican state of Puebla is the second most species rich. As a result of botanical exploration for the project Bromeliaceae of Mexico, we describe here seven new species, all endemic to Puebla: Hechtia anarosae , H . dasylirioides , H . espejoana , H . longissimifolia , H . microcarpa , H . minimiflora , and H . vicesphaeroblasta . The proposed species are compared with morphologically similar taxa ( H . caulescens , H . ensifolia , H . flexilifolia , H . fragilis , H . podantha , and H . sphaeroblasta ). Morphological descriptions, images, and a map with distributions of the described taxa are included, as well as an identification key and a list of specimens examined of all the species of Hechtia currently known from the state of Puebla. Keywords —Balsas Basin, endemism, monocots, Poales.