Sommera cusucoana, a new species of Rubiaceae from Honduras

By

Lorence, David
Dietzsch, Anke
Kelly, Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

57

Pages

1-9

Subjects

Conservación , Conservation , Cusuco , Honduras , Rubiaceae , Sommera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.57.5339

 

Abstract

Sommera cusucoana Lorence, D. Kelly & A. Dietzsch, sp. nov., (Rubiaceae), a new species from Honduras, differs from the other Mesoamerican Sommera species by the combination of large, obovate leaves with long red petioles, glabrous or glabrate intervenal areas, red stipules, lax, sparsely pubescent inflorescences with red axes, flowers with red hypanthium and calyx, long fruiting pedicels, and dark red mature fruits. It is known only from the type locality in Cusuco National Park.