Suaeda pulvinata, a new perennial species of S. sect. Brezia, is described and illustrated. The new species grows in saline lakes of the central highlands of Mexico in halophytic grasslands of Distichlis spicata. It is compared with the similar S. jacoensis, which is known from strongly saline and gypsiferous flats in the Chihuahuan Desert region.
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7 December 2013
Suaeda pulvinata (Chenopodiaceae), a new species from saline lakes of central Mexico
Ernesto Alvarado Reyes,
Hilda Flores-Olvera
Willdenowia
Vol. 43 • No. 2
Dec 2013
Vol. 43 • No. 2
Dec 2013
aquatic herbs
endemic
S. jacoensis
Suaeda sect. Brezia
taxonomy