A new species of Henriettea (Melastomataceae) from the Sierra de Baoruco, the Dominican Republic |
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| Authors: | Walter S Judd James D Skean Jr Darin S Penneys Fabian A Michelangeli |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, P.O. Box 118526, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;(2) Department of Biology, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, USA;(3) The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458, USA |
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| Abstract: | Henriettea uniflora, which is known only from a diverse moist montane forest in the vicinity of Loma Trocha de Pey (or “Monteada Nueva”), Loma
Pie de Palo, and Loma Remigio, the easternmost peaks of the Sierra de Baoruco, is described and illustrated. It is compared
to species of the Henriettea squamulosa complex, especially H. squamulosa and H. ciliata. The species of this complex are characterized by an indumentum of ferruginous, stellate-lepidote hairs. |
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| Keywords: | Melastomataceae Henriettea Dominican Republic Hispaniola Sierra de Baoruco megastyloids |
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