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Issue: Vol. 597 No. 3: 16 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.597.3.4
Page range: 231-236
Abstract views: 85
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A new species of Anthurium sect. Cordato-punctatum (Araceae) from Veracruz, Mexico

Jardín Botánico “Araceario Thomas B. Croat”, s/n, Comalcalco, Tabasco, México
Reserva Ecológica La Otra Opción A.C., s/n, Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Herbario Eizi Matuda, Laboratorio de Ecologia, Evolutiva, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Libramiento Norte Poniente 1550, Lajas Maciel, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chis, 29039, México
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Andrés Tuxtla, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico
Molecular Cell Biology, Botanical Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales, Universidad Veracruzana, Parque Ecologico “El Haya”, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec, 91070 Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz, México
Anthurium verapazense Catemaco Ecological reserve Santa Marta volcano Monocots

Abstract

Anthurium knopflmacherianum, a new species of Anthurium sect. Cordato-punctatum, is registered for the region of Los Tuxtlas,Veracruz, Mexico. This new species is morphologically similar to A. verapazense, but that species differs in having shorter geniculum, longer anterior lobe, inflorescence with a longer peduncle and longer spadix, violet-purple at anthesis.

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