The new species Brongniartia bicornuta(Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), endemic to seasonally dry tropical forests of the Balsas River Basin in the states of Guerrero and Puebla, Mexico, is described and illustrated. It is a shrub with conspicuous, horn-shaped stipules and small flowers with bicolor petals that are lavender at the base and gradually becoming yellowish-green on the upper portion. It has morphological affinities with B. vazquezii.
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5 February 2019
Brongniartia bicornuta (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae), a New Species from the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of the Balsas River Basin, México
Óscar Dorado,
Dulce M. Arias,
José M. de Jesús-Almonte
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 44 • No. 1
February 2019
Vol. 44 • No. 1
February 2019
Brongniartieae
Endemism
taxonomy
tropical dry forest