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Issue: Vol. 314 No. 2: 25 July 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.314.2.5
Page range: 241–250
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Validation of Calochortus ownbeyi (Liliaceae), a new species from northwestern Mexico

Universidad de Guadalajara. Maestría en Ciencias en Biosistemática y Manejo de Recursos Naturales y Agrícolas (BIMARENA).
Herbario Luz María Villarreal de Puga del Instituto de Botánica de la Universidad de Guadalajara (IBUG).
New York City College of Technology, City University of New York, 300 Jay St. Brooklyn, New York.
Cyclobothra geographic information system Marion Ownbey Sierra Madre Occidental Transmexican Volcanic Belt Monocots

Abstract

The name Calochortus ownbeyi has been extensively used even though it was not validly published. Accordingly, we are here validating and illustrating this species. Calochortus ownbeyi can be confused with C. venustulus, but there is morphological and molecular evidence that they are distinct species. A comparison between these two taxa and a distribution map are provided.