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Issue: Vol. 701 No. 3: 20 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.701.3.3
Page range: 250-260
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A new species of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae (Capsiceae, Solanaceae) from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Doctorado en Ciencias en Biosistemática, Ecología y Manejo de Recursos Naturales y Agrícolas (BEMARENA) Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, 45200 Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Herbario Luz María Villarreal de Puga, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Camino Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, 25200 Las Agujas, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico; Laboratorio Nacional de Identificación y Caracterización Vegetal (LaniVeg), Instituto de Botánica, Universidad de Guadalajara Camino Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, 45200, Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Baja California province disjunct distribution endemic Sierra de la Laguna Eudicots

Abstract

Phylogenetic and phylogeographic analyses indicate that populations of Lycianthes dejecta from the Sierra de La Laguna, Baja California Sur, represent an independent lineage. A detailed morphological revision of the collected plants and herbarium specimens confirmed the existence of a new species in Lycianthes series Meizonodontae. Here, we describe and illustrate Lycianthes peninsularis, an endemic species of the Sierra de la Laguna. Lycianthes peninsularis differs from the continental L. dejecta by its prostrate habit, round, ovoid or conic light green berry, and calyx appendages not reflexed in fruit.

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How to Cite

Anguiano-Constante, M.A. & Rodríguez, A. (2025) A new species of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae (Capsiceae, Solanaceae) from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Phytotaxa 701 (3): 250–260. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.701.3.3