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Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-30
Page range: 165–171
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Echeveria munizii (Crassulaceae) a new species of epiphyte from tropical Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Herbario IBUG, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA, Zapopan, Jalisco, México nvestigador Prometeo - Centro de Investigación, Posgrado y Conservación Amazónica, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, km 44, Santa Clara, Napo, Ecuador.
Herbario IBUG, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
Herbario IBUG, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
Herbario IBUG, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCBA, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
Laboratorio de Biogeografía, Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Guadalajara-CUCSH, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Echeveria fulgens endemic Comala tropical moist forest

Abstract

Echeveria munizii, a new species from the southwestern slopes of Volcán de Colima on the Colima-Jalisco border in western Mexico is described and illustrated. This species belongs to series Gibbiflorae and is most similar to E. fulgens from which it differs in having adaxially sulcate leaves with straight and hyaline margins, olive green to brownish green surface, a fewer flowered inflorescence with fewer flowers per branch, a pink / orange bicolored corolla with the inner surface pale pink to orange, the base of the carpels white, and longer pedicels. A species conservation assessment, undertaken using IUCN criteria, determines Echeveria munizii to be Critically Endangered (CR).