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Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-05
Page range: 293–297
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A new species of Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae) from Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico

Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Departamento de Botánica, Buenavista, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, México.
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Apartado postal 41, Linares, 67700, Nuevo León, México.
Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Departamento de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Buenavista, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, México.
Ceanothus fernandezii Durango taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Ceanothus fernandezii is described as a new species in the subgenus Ceanothus from the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican state of Durango. It differs from known species of Ceanothus for having rigid secondary branches with elliptic to ovate leaves with three veins at the base and a pubescent  lower surface, white flowers and smooth fruit. Description, photographs, a key and a distribution map are presented for the new species.