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Acta botánica mexicana
On-line version ISSN 2448-7589Print version ISSN 0187-7151
Abstract
SOUSA S, Mario. Sect. Lonchocarpus of the genus Lonchocarpus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae): new species and subspecies from Mexico and Mesoamerica. Act. Bot. Mex [online]. 2011, n.94, pp.27-59. ISSN 2448-7589.
New taxa of the Lonchocarpus genus from Mexico and Mesoamerica (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, millettieae) are described and illustrated. of the 19 recognized species, eight species: L. brenesii, L. isthmensis, L. latimarginatus, L. michoacanicus, L. pedunculatus, L. plicatus, L. subsessilifolius and L. wendtii, and a new subspecies of L. brenesii, subsp. vulcanicola, are new to science. The Lonchocarpus section is once again characterized with this significant increase in the number of its known species. Mesoamerican species and subspecies of the Lonchocarpus section show contrasting differences in the dichotomous key.
Keywords : Leguminosae; Lonchocarpus; Mesoamerica; Mexico; sect. Lonchocarpus.