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Issue: Vol. 714 No. 2: 8 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.714.2.7
Page range: 191-196
Abstract views: 645
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Rediscovery and a new locality of Carlowrightia fuertensis (Acanthaceae) after 115 years

Universidades para el Bienestar Benito Juárez García, Ingeniería en Desarrollo Regional Sustentable, Sede Cosalá, CP 80702, Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico
Universidades para el Bienestar Benito Juárez García, Ingeniería en Desarrollo Regional Sustentable, Sede Cosalá, CP 80702, Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, Unidad Durango, Sigma 119, Fracc. 20 de Noviembre II, CP 34234, Victoria de Durango, Durango, Mexico
Independen researcher, Privada Castaño 73, Col. Ampliación Juárez, CP 33870, Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, CP 91073, Xalapa de Enríquez, Veracruz, Mexico
Carlowrigthia pectinata Anisacanthus rare plants Aphanosperma iNaturalist Sinaloa Eudicots

Abstract

Carlowrigthia fuertensis was known only from type material collected by J.N. Rose in 1910 in the vicinity of El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico; however, these populations have not been located again. In this paper, we report a new population identified thanks to a photographic record in 2023 in the citizen science platform iNaturalist. The new population was located 300 km southeast of the original collection and is currently the only known living population, but its habitat is severely fragmented. Carlowrigthia fuertensis is easily distinguished from other species of the genus by its shrubby habit and morphology of the corolla, fruits and seeds. We present the first in situ and color photographs of the species, a distribution map with historical and current collections, as well as a proposed conservation status.

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How to Cite

Millán-Otero, M.G., Resendez-Tapia, J.J., González-Gallegos, J.G., González-Martínez, O.C. & Pío-León, J.F. (2025) Rediscovery and a new locality of Carlowrightia fuertensis (Acanthaceae) after 115 years. Phytotaxa 714 (2): 191–196. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.714.2.7