Abstract

GUTIERREZ-BAEZ, Celso  and  DUNO DE STEFANO, Rodrigo. A new species of Loeselia (Polemoniaceae) from Campche, Mexico. Bot. sci [online]. 2015, vol.93, n.2, pp.203-207. ISSN 2007-4476.  https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.147.

Loeselia campechiana Gutiérrez-Báez & R. Duno (Polemoniaceae) a new species of Polemoniaceae, from the state of Campeche, México, is described and illustrated. It is the first time that the family is recorded in the state. The new species is rare, it is only know from one locality with a median semi-deciduous forest. Is morphologically similar to L. glandulosa (Cav.) G. Don, but can be distinguished by having shorter bracts; corolla tube shorter and straight, filaments and style shorter.

Keywords : Loeselia campechiana; median semi-deciduous forest; Yucatan Peninsula.