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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532025000100410</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5456</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[New species of Licaria (Lauraceae) from Mesoamerica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nuevas especies de Licaria (Lauraceae) de Mesoamérica]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lorea-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>96</volume>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532025000100410&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Following a detailed morphological survey of the Licaria collections in several herbaria, various taxonomic entities not recognized before were detected. Here, 11 new species of Licaria from Mesoamerica are described and illustrated. Possible relations to other species in the genus are commented.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Como resultado de un análisis morfológico detallado de las colecciones del género Licaria en diferentes herbarios, se detectaron varias entidades taxonómicas no reconocidas previamente. Aquí se describen e ilustran 11 especies nuevas del género Licaria de la región mesoamericana. Se comentan además las posibles relaciones con otras especies del género.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lauraceae of Central America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lauraceae of Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Licaria of Central America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Licaria of Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lauraceae de Centroamérica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Lauraceae de México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Licaria de Centroamérica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Licaria de México]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
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