A remarkable new species of Dictyanthus (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Asclepiadeae, Gonolobinae) restricted to Jalisco, México
Author
Alvarado-Cárdenas, Leonardo O.
Departamento de Biología Comparada, Laboratorio de Plantas Vasculares, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zip Code 70 - 282, 04510 México, CDMX, México.
Author
Hernández, Alexis López
Calle la luz # 50, Fracc. Barrios de Arboledas. C. P. 72590. Puebla, Puebla, México.
Author
Crisóstomo, Raúl Sánchez
Lazaro Cárdenas 13, José María Morelos. C. P. 48495. Tomatlán, Jalisco, México.
text
Phytotaxa
2022
2022-08-15
558
2
178
184
journal article
124040
10.11646/phytotaxa.558.2.2
6f9be3ba-7dc3-4be0-864e-72c2cd178fe7
1179-3163
7002925
A taxonomic key for the determination of species of
Dictyanthus
in
Jalisco
.
1. Flowers deeply campanulate and short corolla lobes relative to the tube ........................................................
Dictyanthus tuberosus
- Flowers rotate to rotate-campanulate with corolla lobes of the similar size or larger than the tube..................................................2
2. Corolla tube with pattern of mainly vertical and parallel lines ..........................................................................................................3
- Corolla tube with pattern of reticulated lines .....................................................................................................................................6
3. Lobes of the gynostegial corona widely ovate; stylar head apex flat or concave ..............................................
Dictyanthus sepicola
- Lobes of the gynostegial corona rhombuses, linear, spatulate or globular; stylar head apex convex ................................................4
4. Flowers less than
2 cm
in diameter; lobes of the gynostegial corona rhomboid; stylar head reddish to purple, apex exserted from the corolla tube ................................................................................................................................................
Dictyanthus nichongus
- Flowers of
3 cm
or more in diameter; lobes of the gynostegial corona linear or spatulate; stylar head whitish to pink or brownish, included in corolla tube ......................................................................................................................................................................5
5. Inflorescence of solitary flowers; corolla brownish; lobes of the gynostegial corona reaching the mouth of the corolla tube and with two appendages (teeth) at the middle of its length .................................................................................
Dictyanthus macvaughianus
- Inflorescences with 3 flowers; corolla white; lobes of the gynostegial corona below the the mouth of the corolla tube and without appendages ..........................................................................................................................................................
Dictyanthus pavonii
6. Lobes of the gynostegial corona globular ..............................................................................................................
Dictyanthus asper
- Lobes of the gynostegial corona linear or spatulate ...........................................................................................................................7
7. Flowers
1 cm
in diameter; lobes of the gynostegial corona linear,
1‒1.5 mm
long.......................................
Dictyanthus parviflorus
- Flowers
2 cm
in diameter; lobes of the gynostegial corona spatulate,
5‒8 mm
long.....................................
Dictyanthus reticulatus