Abstract

SANTANA-MICHEL, Francisco J.  and  SOLIS-MAGALLANES, José Arturo. Aristolochia emiliae (Aristolochiaceae: subsection Pentandrae) a new species from the coast of Jalisco, Mexico. Act. Bot. Mex [online]. 2008, n.82, pp.7-13. ISSN 2448-7589.

Aristolochia emiliae sp. nov., found in tropical deciduous forest in the Estación de Investigación, Experimentación y Difusión "Chamela", municipality of La Huerta, Jalisco, Mexico, is described and illustrated. The geniculate flowers are less than 3 cm long with uncinate hairs on the orbicular calyx limb. The basal lobes of the trilobate leaves are anchor-shaped, a unique characteristic among the Mexican species in the Pentandrae subsection of Aristolochia.

Keywords : Aristolochia; Aristolochiaceae; Chamela; Jalisco; Pentandrae; taxonomy.

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