Las dioscóreas (Dioscoreaceae) del Estado de Morelos, México

Abstract

A FLORISTIC-TAXONOMIC TREATMENT OF THE GENUS DIOSCOREA IN THE STATE OF MORELOS, MEXICO, WAS CARRIED OUT. A TOTAL OF 15 TAXA OCCUR IN THE STATE. A KEY TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION, DESCRIPTIONS, LISTS OF EXSICCATA STUDIED, MAPS AND DATA ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS ECOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS AND DRAWINGS FOR EACH SPECIES ARE PROVIDED. DIOSCOREA PLATYCOLPOTA AND D. GALLEGOSII ARE CITED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE STATE, AND FEATURES OF PISTILLATE SPECIMENS OF D. PUMICICOLA ARE ALSO DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME.