Tradescantia mixtecana Hern.-Cárdenas, López-Ferr. & Espejo, in Hernández-Cárdenas, López-Ferrari & Espejo-Serna, 2022. |
Summary
Tradescantia mixtecana, a novelty from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, is here described and illustrated. The proposed taxon is compared with T. exaltata and T. tepoxtlana, species with which it has some similarities. A morphological description and images of the new taxon are presented, along with a distribution map including all the Oaxacan species (T. andrieuxii, T. crassifolia, T. exaltata, T. guiengolensis and T. llamasii) of Tradescantia subgenus Mandonia.
Key Words: Commelinales, endemism, Mixteca oaxaqueña, Monocots, Tradescantia subg. Mandonia, Tradescantiinae
Tradescantia mixtecana Hern.-Cárdenas, López-Ferr. & Espejo sp. nov.
ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet refers to and honours the Mixtec culture from Mexico. One of the regions occupied by the Mixtec ethnic group, is located in northwestern Oaxaca, the area in which the type locality of the new species is found.
Rodrigo Alejandro Hernández-Cárdenas, Ana Rosa López-Ferrari and Adolfo Espejo-Serna. 2022. Tradescantia mixtecana (Commelinaceae) A Novelty from Oaxaca, Mexico. Kew Bulletin. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-022-10065-w
Resumen: Se describe e ilustra Tradescantia mixtecana, una novedad del estado de Oaxaca, México. El taxon propuesto se compara con T. exaltata y T. tepoxtlana, especies con las cuales presenta algunas similitudes. Se proporcionan la descripción morfológica e imágenes del nuevo taxon y un mapa de distribución el cual incluye a todas las especies oaxaqueñas (T. andrieuxii, T. crassifolia, T. exaltata, T. guiengolensis y T. llamasii) de Tradescantia subgénero Mandonia.
Palabras Clave: Commelinales, endemismo, Mixteca oaxaqueña, Monocotiledóneas, Tradescantia subg. Mandonia, Tradescantiinae