Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico

By

Cuevas Guzmán, Ramón.
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Enrique Valente
Morales-Arias, José Guadalupe

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

218

Pages

69--78

Subjects

cloud forest , endemism , laurel forest , Neotropic , new species , tropical subdeciduous forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356

 

Abstract

Licaria ramiroi, a species endemic to western Mexico, is described and illustrated. The ascription of the new species to Licaria is analysed. It is classified in the subgen. Licaria and is most closely related to L. triandra and L. siphonantha from which it differs by its glabrous vegetative and floral structures, stamens mainly with free anthers and the inner wall of the receptacle sericeous. According to the IUCN criteria, the species is classified as critically endangered.