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Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-11
Page range: 227–234
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A new species of Senna (Leguminosae) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-367, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
Instituto Saynes de investigaciones sobre cultura, lengua y naturaleza, 5 de Septiembre 92, Juchitán Oaxaca. México. 70000
Caesalpinioideae Cassieae Cassiinae Laxiflorae Juchitán Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of Senna from Mexico is described and illustrated. Morphologically it is similar to S. velutina from Brazil, but it differs in the type of indumentum from various parts of the plant; in the form of the stipules, leaflets, and pedicel gland; in the size and shape of the flower buds; in the shape of the sepals; in the width of the filaments of the abaxial stamens; and in the length of the central anthers, legume, and seeds. This species is endemic to the Juchitan District, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.