Salvia tilantongensis (Lamiaceae), una especie nueva de la Mixteca Alta de Oaxaca, México

[摘要] Salvia tilantongensisis described and illustrated as a new species from the Mixteca Alta of Oaxaca, Mexico. The new taxon is morphologically similar toSalvia fulgensandS. gesneriiflora . It differs from both by its exfoliating bark, petioles attached to a thickened base from the node, narrower leaves, smaller floral bracts and with a shorter apex, longer pedicels during fructification, acute and long aristate lobes of the calyx, middle lobe of lower corolla lip incurved-concave, shorter filament and style, and longer lower stigmatic branch. Furthermore, it is distinguished fromS. fulgensby the absence of a pair of papillae inside the basal portion of the tube of the corolla. Detailed descriptions ofS. fulgensandS. gesneriifloraare also provided.

[学科分类] 植物学

[关键词] endemismo;Salvia fulgens;Salvia gesneriiflora;sección Fulgentes;sección Nobiles