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| Hechtia ibugana Flores-Argüelles, Espejo & López-Ferr.
in Flores-Argüelles, López-Ferrari, Espejo-Serna & Romero-Guzmán, 2019.
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Abstract
Hechtia ibugana a new species from the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, is described and illustrated. The new taxon is compared with H. pretiosa and H. rosea, species that also present sepals and petals rose to reddish, as well as with H. iltisii and H. santanae, endemic species of the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
Keywords: Hechtia, Puerto Vallarta, Sierra Madre del Sur, Monocots
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| FIGURE 1. A–H. Hechtia ibugana Flores-Argüelles, Espejo & López-Ferr. A. Detail of pistillate flowers. B. Detail of staminate flowers. C. Fruits. D. Detail of inflorescence indumentum. E. Staminodes. F. Pistillate plant in the type locality. G. Rosettes at the type locality. H. Open Quercus forest with presence of Cryosophila nana in the type locality (Photographs by A. Flores-Argüelles). |
Hechtia ibugana Flores-Argüelles, Espejo & López-Ferr., sp. nov.
Diagnose: The new species is similar to Hechtia iltisii but it differs by its silvery lepidote blade at base (vs glabrous), smaller spine distance (3.4–13.4 vs 5–30 mm), inflorescence sterile branches absent (vs present), triangular rose petals (vs ovate green) and green anthers (vs yellow).
Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the Herbarium Luz María Villarreal de Puga (IBUG), of the Instituto de Botánica of the Universidad de Guadalajara, where the project Flora of Jalisco is being carried out and the alma mater of the first and fourth authors.
Alejandra Flores-Argüelles, Ana Rosa López-Ferrari, Adolfo Espejo-Serna and Ariosto Rafael Romero-Guzmán. 2019. A Novelty in the Genus Hechtia (Hechtioideae, Bromeliaceae) from Jalisco, Mexico. Phytotaxa. 414(2); 105–112. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.414.2.2
