Agave calciphila (Asparagaceae, Agavoideae) • A New Species from southern Oaxaca, Mexico
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DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.428.2.1
Abstract :: A new species, Agave calciphila, endemic to the #limestone hills north of Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico, is described. Its vegetative and flower morphology place this species in the section #Heteracanthae, and close to Agave #angustiarum, A. ghiesbreghtii, and A. #huehueteca. After a comparison with these three species, A. calciphila was found to have shorter sterile peduncle and #flowers.
|| #Marginatae #Nizanda #taxonomy #neotropic #Asparagaceae #Agavoideae
Etymology:— The species name means “limestone loving” and describes the preference these plants have for growing on limestone.
Distribution:— Agave calciphila is restricted to the limestone outcrops north of Nizanda on the Isthmus of #Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca.
G. D. Starr. 2020. #Phytotaxa. 428(2); 73–80.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.428.2.1
