Summary
Tradescantia mixtecana, a novelty from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, is here described and illustrated. The proposed taxon is compared with T. exaltata and T. tepoxtlana, species with which it has some similarities. A morphological description and images of the new taxon are presented, along with a distribution map including all the Oaxacan species (T. andrieuxii, T. crassifolia, T. exaltata, T. guiengolensis and T. llamasii) of Tradescantia subgenus Mandonia.
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Se describe e ilustra Tradescantia mixtecana, una novedad del estado de Oaxaca, México. El taxon propuesto se compara con T. exaltata y T. tepoxtlana, especies con las cuales presenta algunas similitudes. Se proporcionan la descripción morfológica e imágenes del nuevo taxon y un mapa de distribución el cual incluye a todas las especies oaxaqueñas (T. andrieuxii, T. crassifolia, T. exaltata, T. guiengolensis y T. llamasii) de Tradescantia subgénero Mandonia.
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We are very grateful to the people of Santos Reyes Tepejillo for the facilities to explore their lands. Also to Elir Negri Lavín for the photographs and his invaluable help during the fieldwork; to José Gutiérrez Ortega for the editorial comments; to Marco Pellegrini and two anonymous reviewers for their observations and suggestions that greatly improved the manuscript.
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Hernández-Cárdenas, R.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. Tradescantia mixtecana (Commelinaceae) a novelty from Oaxaca, Mexico. Kew Bull 77, 915–921 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10065-w
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