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| Matelea ojadapantha in Alvarado-Cárdenas, Islas-Hernández & Chávez-Hernández, 2020. |
Abstract
A new species of Matelea from central and southern México with green to black corollas and pubescent lobes is described here: Matelea ojadapantha. This taxon is morphologically similar to M. schaffneri and M. atrostellata but differs by the corolla and corona morphology and has a disjunct geographic distribution. Descriptions, illustrations, morphological comparisons, map of the distributions of this species as well as their conservation status is provided. This discovery highlights México as a center of diversity of the genus, as more than 70 species are currently known in the country. Furthermore, 60% of those species are endemic.
Keywords: taxonomy, Chthamalia, endemic, Otomi, Eudicots
Matelea ojadapantha
Leonardo Osvaldo Alvarado-Cárdenas, Carla Sofia Islas-Hernández and María Guadalupe Chávez-Hernández. 2020. Matelea ojadapantha (Apocynaceae; Asclepiadoideae; Gonolobeae; Gonolobinae), A New Species from México. Phytotaxa. 461(3); 175–184. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.461.3.4
