A new species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) from the Bladen Nature Reserve, southern Belize

By

Brewer, Steven
Stott, Gail

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

81

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Belize , Bladen Nature Reserve , Central America , Cinnamomum , Lauraceae , Maya Mountains

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.81.13256

 

Abstract

A new species in the Lauraceae, Cinnamomum bladenense S.W. Brewer & G.L. Stott, is described from the Bladen Nature Reserve in southern Belize. The new species is similar to Cinnamomum brenesii (Standl.) Kosterm., from which it differs by its much smaller, narrowly-campanulate flowers, its inner tepals glabrous abaxially, its shorter petioles, its minutely sericeous younger twigs, and its abaxial leaf surfaces not glaucous and with prominent secondary venation. A description, preliminary conservation assessment, and photographs of the species as well as a key to and notes on the Cinnamomum of Belize are provided.