Dioscorea howardiana, a new species in Dioscorea section Trigonobasis (Dioscoreaceae)

Oswaldo Téllez-Valdés; R. Geeta

doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2007)59[370:DHANSI]2.0.CO;2

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Oswaldo Téllez-Valdés,¹ R. Geeta²

¹Laboratorio de Recursos Naturales UBIPRO, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala UNAM, Av. de Los Barrios 1, Los Reyes Iztacala, Tlalnepantla C.P. 54090, Edo. de México, México; e-mail: tellez@servidor.unam.mx
²Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, U.S.A

Abstract

Abstract. Dioscorea howardiana is proposed as a new species from Mexico and Central America as far south as Panama, and is described and illustrated. It most closely resembles D. liebmannii. Relationships, distribution, and ecological preferences of the new species are discussed.

Resumen. Dioscorea howardiana se propone como una especie nueva de México y Centroamérica, es descrita e ilustrada. Es semejante a D. liebmannii. Se discuten sus relaciones, su distribución geográfica y preferencias ecológicas.

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Oswaldo Téllez-Valdés and R. Geeta "Dioscorea howardiana, a new species in Dioscorea section Trigonobasis (Dioscoreaceae)," Brittonia 59(4), 370-373, (1 December 2007). https://doi.org/10.1663/0007-196X(2007)59[370:DHANSI]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 December 2007