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Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-31
Page range: 269–273
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Struthanthus ramiro-cruzii (Loranthaceae), a new species from Guerrero, Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Herbario de la Facultad de Ciencias (FCME), A.P. 70-181, México, Ciudad de México 04510.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Herbario de la Facultad de Ciencias (FCME), A.P. 70-181, México, Ciudad de México 04510.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Herbario de la Facultad de Ciencias (FCME), A.P. 70-181, México, Ciudad de México 04510.
Arbutus endemic mistletoe parasitic plant Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Struthanthus from the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is described and illustrated: Struthanthus ramiro-cruzii. It grows in oak and pine-oak forests, in the physiographic province of the Southern Coastal Range in the Guerrerense region. It is morphologically similar to S. deppeanus, but differs by having leaves with a subcordate to truncate base, a sessile central flower of the triad and a strongly convoluted style. A key to distinguish the new species from other species of the genus present in the state of Guerrero is included.