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Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-23
Page range: 155–164
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Re-evaluation of the Mandevilla subsessilis species complex and resurrection of M. platydactyla (Apocynaceae: Apocynoideae)

Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-283, 04510, Mexico, D.F. Mexico.
Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-283, 04510, Mexico, D.F. Mexico.
Endemism Mexico systematics Eudicots

Abstract

The present work re-evaluates the Mandevilla subsessilis complex (Apocynaceae: Apocynoideae). Based on morphological analysis, including UPGMA, we recognize two separate species, respectively distributed primarily west and east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: M. platydactyla (with M. mollis as a synonym) and M. subsessilis.  Mandevilla platydactyla is found from the Sierras de Chiapas to Nicaragua, whereas M. subsessilis is endemic to Mexico, particularly the Sierra Madre del Sur.