RAMIREZ-ROA, Angélica    IBARRA-VAZQUEZ, Adolfo. Alsobia jaltenangensis (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerieae: Columneinae), a new and endemic species to Chiapas, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. []. 2023, 94, e944190.   26--2024. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.4190.

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.

: Columneinae; Stolons; Flora from Chiapas; Flora from Mexico; Flora from Mesoamérica; Biosphere Reserve El Triunfo.