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Issue: Vol. 645 No. 3: 26 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.3.6
Page range: 270-277
Abstract views: 6
PDF downloaded: 2

Hymenocallis ruenesiana (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, km 15.5, Mérida, Yucatán. Mexico
Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, km 15.5, Mérida, Yucatán. Mexico
Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, km 15.5, Mérida, Yucatán. Mexico
Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, km 15.5, Mérida, Yucatán. Mexico
Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán. Carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil, km 15.5, Mérida, Yucatán. Mexico
endemic to Mexico Campeche monocots pollen Savannas Monocots

Abstract

Hymenocallis ruenesiana is described and illustrated as a new species from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. When comparing the morphological characters of the leaf, inflorescence, fruit and pollen, as well as the environmental conditions of the habitat of H. ruenesiana, discontinuities were found with those of Hymenocallis littoralis. Hymenocallis ruenesiana is endemic to the Yucatan peninsula, inhabiting seasonal savannas with clayey and floodable soils, while H. littoralis naturally inhabits the coasts, on easily drained sandy soils and it is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.

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