Jacquinia pauciflora (Theophrastaceae), a new species from Puerto Rico |
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Authors: | Bertil StÅhl Franklin S. Axelrod |
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Affiliation: | 1. Herbario QCA, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador 3. Herbarium, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, P.O. Box 23360, 00931, San Juan, PR, U.S.A
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Abstract: | A new species,Jacquinia pauciflora, is described from subtropical moist forest on karst hills (mogotes) in northwestern Puerto Rico.Jacquinia pauciflora is similar toJ. stenophylla Urban, from which it differs in several floral and leaf characters, but is possibly most closely related toJ. umbellata A. DC. A key to the species ofJacquinia occurring in Puerto Rico is provided. |
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Keywords: | Theophrastaceae Jacquinia Puerto Rico West Indies |
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