A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula
Here, we describe and illustrate Encelia balandra sp. nov., a new species of Compositae from the Baja California Peninsula. It is rare and known only from the rocky hills around Puerto Balandra and Pichilingüe, inside the bay of La Paz, in the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico. We determine that...
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| author | Jose Luis Leon-De La Luz Isaac H. Lichter-Marck |
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| description | Here, we describe and illustrate Encelia balandra sp. nov., a new species of Compositae from the Baja California Peninsula. It is rare and known only from the rocky hills around Puerto Balandra and Pichilingüe, inside the bay of La Paz, in the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico. We determine that this new species has affinities with Encelia, based on its suffruticose woody habit, neuter ray florets and compressed disc cypselae with a cleft apex. The taxonomic placement within Encelia is supported by nuclear ribosomal sequence data from two regions, ITS and ETS. We also present detailed photographs, a conservation assessment and a dichotomous key to the Encelia of the southern Baja California Peninsula. Finally, we discuss the uniqueness of Encelia balandra amongst peninsular Encelia and its potential significance for understanding the enigmatic biogeography of this ecologically important genus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c74e30a3d2f44caad69b210d3296f992022-12-22T03:58:00ZengPensoft PublishersPhytoKeys1314-20032022-11-012129710910.3897/phytokeys.212.9119091190A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California PeninsulaJose Luis Leon-De La Luz0Isaac H. Lichter-Marck1Programa de Protección Ambiental y Cambio Global, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de NoresteUniversity of California Los AngelesHere, we describe and illustrate Encelia balandra sp. nov., a new species of Compositae from the Baja California Peninsula. It is rare and known only from the rocky hills around Puerto Balandra and Pichilingüe, inside the bay of La Paz, in the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico. We determine that this new species has affinities with Encelia, based on its suffruticose woody habit, neuter ray florets and compressed disc cypselae with a cleft apex. The taxonomic placement within Encelia is supported by nuclear ribosomal sequence data from two regions, ITS and ETS. We also present detailed photographs, a conservation assessment and a dichotomous key to the Encelia of the southern Baja California Peninsula. Finally, we discuss the uniqueness of Encelia balandra amongst peninsular Encelia and its potential significance for understanding the enigmatic biogeography of this ecologically important genus.https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/91190/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Jose Luis Leon-De La Luz Isaac H. Lichter-Marck A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula PhytoKeys |
| title | A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula |
| title_full | A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula |
| title_short | A new species of Encelia (Compositae, Heliantheae, Enceliinae) from the southern Baja California Peninsula |
| title_sort | a new species of encelia compositae heliantheae enceliinae from the southern baja california peninsula |
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