Cestrum sotonunezii , a New Species of Solanaceae from Central Mexico

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by  Juan Carlos Montero-Castro

Cestrum sotonunezii, a New Species of Solanaceae from Central Mexico
Juan Carlos Montero-Castro
Facultad de Biologfa, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria,
Edificio B2, 31'1 pi-o. Morelia. 50030 Miclioacan. Mexico. ce-lmm2()().'[email protected]
2006).
Lindl., C. oblongifolium Schltdl., and C. thyrsoideum
Kunth, all of which also occur in central Mexico. The
aurantiacum Lindl., C. oblongifolium Schltdl., and C.
sotonunezii Mont.-Castro (Solanaceae) proveniente
del centro de Mexico. Las colecciones de la nueva
flcwescens Greenm., C. aurantiaciunLindl., C.
as well as by the length of its corolla lobes. The
caracterfsticas. especialmente en los estamhres. Se
diferenciar especies morfologicamente similares del and allied species in central Mexico that are
centro de Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan). characterized by having 5- to 25-flowered axillary
Mexico, Michoacan, Solanaceae.
(1998). The new species C. sotonunezii Mont.-Castro,
ing ca. 2 mm above an entire bulge;
(Endl.) Schltdl., has highly attractive, club-shaped corolla lobes < '
below or directly from a bilobed bulge;
to classify species in this section (Francey, 1935). corolla lobes 1.3-2.8 m
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Leonardo Bravo], Filo de Caballo, 2190 m, 22
May 1986, J. C. Soto Nunez 12678 (holotype, Basin. Although the areas of occupancy are very
MEXU; isotypes, MO, NY, US). Figure 1.
Shrubs 1-3 m high, flowering from the end of dry
ovate to widely ovate (young leaves elliptic), 3.7-10 X
2-5.8 cm, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, lateral
tight calyx at the base of the corolla, and the calyx
length is less than one third of the corolla length. In
contrast, the calyx of C. thyrsoideum is loosely placed
s near Filo de Caballo, (
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