Especie nueva de Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae) de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México

Abstract

MARSDENIA POPOLUCA (ASCLEPIADACEAE), IS DESCRIBED AS A NEW SPECIES FROM THE BIOLOGY STATION OF LOS TUXTLAS AND SURROUNDING AREA IN THE STATE OF VERACRUZ, MEXICO. MARSDENIA POPOLUCA IS RECOGNIZED BY ITS OVATE LEAVES MEASURING MORE THAN 18 CM LONG, BASE CORDATE, PETIOLE 5.5-9.5 CM LONG; COROLLA DENSILY HIRSUTE IN THE THROAT, STYLE APEX CAPITATE; FOLLICLES MORE THAN 25 CM LONG. IT IS MORPHOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO M. RZEDOWSKIANA JUAREZ-JAIMES ET W. D. STEVENS AND IS HERE COMPARED WITH IT.