Two new species of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Henriettea</Emphasis> (Melastomataceae,Henrietteeae) for the flora of the Greater Antilles |
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| Authors: | Wilder Carmenate-Reyes Fabián A Michelangeli Eldis R Bécquer |
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| Institution: | 1.Jardín Botánico de Holguín, Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales y Tecnológicos,Holguín,Cuba;2.Institute of Systematic Botany,The New York Botanical Garden,New York,USA;3.Jardín Botánico Nacional,Universidad de La Habana,Boyeros,Cuba |
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| Abstract: | Two new species of Melastomataceae are described and illustrated: Henriettea sierrae from the mountains of eastern Cuba, and Henriettea multigemma from the Sierra de Bahoruco in the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Both species belong to the complex of squamous Henriettea species endemic to the Greater Antilles. Henriettea sierrae is distinguished by its ciliate leaves, foliose bracteoles at the base of the flowers, and lanceolate petals with lateral teeth in their apical third. Henriettea multigemma is distinguished by its fascicles of numerous flowers that are borne of suberose protuberances formed by multiple flower buds in the leafless nodes of the stems, and by the presence of leaves with apical domatia. |
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