Mezcala – a new segregate genus of mimosoid legume (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) narrowly endemic to the Balsas Depression in Mexico

Autor: Colin E. Hughes, Jens J. Ringelberg, Melissa Luckow, José Luis Contreras Jiménez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: PhytoKeys, Vol 205, Iss , Pp 191-201 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1314-2003
DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.78297
Popis: Recent results have demonstrated that the genus Desmanthus is non-monophyletic because the genus Kanaloa is nested within it, with a single species, Desmanthus balsensis placed as sister to the clade comprising Kanaloa plus the remaining species of Desmanthus. Here we transfer D. balsensis to a new segregate genus Mezcala, discuss the morphological features supporting this new genus, present a key to distinguish Mezcala from closely related genera in the Leucaena subclade, and provide a distribution map of M. balsensis.
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