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Issue: Vol. 89 No. 1: 26 Mar 2013
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2013-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.89.1.3
Page range: 43–46
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 13

Mucuna jarocha (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Phaseoleae), a new species from Mexico

Biodiversity Fabaceae Mesoamerica Neotropics New World taxonomy

Abstract

Mucuna jarocha, a new species of Mucuna endemic to Mexico, is here described and illustrated. It is similar to M. holtonii, but the wing petals are shorter than the standard in M. holtonii and longer than the standard in this new species.