Thursday, December 21, 2023

[Botany • 2023] Alsobia jaltenangensis (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerieae: Columneinae) • A New and endemic Species to Chiapas, Mexico


Alsobia jaltenangensis Ram.-Roa Ibarra-Vázquez, 

in Ramírez-Roa et Ibarra-Vázquez. 2023. 
 
Abstract
Alsobia jaltenangensis is described and illustrated, it is a new rupicolous species from Chiapas, found in the town of Jaltenango de la Paz, municipality of Ángel Albino Corso. Distinguished from the 4 recognized species of the genus by elliptic leaves, elliptic-obovate calyx lobes, whitish corollas without blemishes, with a yellow throat, and erose margin of lobes. This discovery increases to 5 known species in Mexico and Central America, of which 4 of them are present in Mexico and 2 are endemic to Chiapas.

Keywords: Columneinae, Stolons, Flora from Chiapas, Flora from Mexico, Flora from Mesoamérica, Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo

Alsobia jaltenangensis Ram.-Roa et Ibarra-Vázquez sp. nov.

Alsobia jaltenangensis Ram.-Roa et Ibarra-Vázquez sp. nov.


Angélica Ramírez-Roa and Adolfo Ibarra-Vázquez. 2023. Alsobia jaltenangensis (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerieae: Columneinae), A New and endemic Species to Chiapas, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 94; e944190. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.4190