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Issue: Vol. 564 No. 2: 16 September 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.564.2.4
Page range: 208-220
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Agave infiernilloensis (sect. Choritepalae, Asparagaceae), a gigantic new species from the Balsas Basin in Western Mexico

Santa Elena, Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, México
Santa Elena, Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco, México
Vallarta Nte., Justo Sierra 2807, Guadalajara 44690, Jalisco, México
Herbario IBUG, Instituto de Botánica, Departamento de Botánica y Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara, km 15.5 Guadalajara-Nogales, Las Agujas, Nextipac, Zapopan, C.P. 45110, Jalisco, México
Balsas Depression corolla tube Francisco J. Múgica Dam Infiernillo Dam section Inermes Monocots

Abstract

We describe and illustrate Agave infiernilloensis, a new species of the section Choritepalae (Agavoideae, Asparagaceae). It is morphologically similar to A. gypsicola from which it differs by having larger rosettes and leaves, shorter terminal spine, shorter and recurving inflorescence, more flowers per node, as well as longer flowers, ovary, and filaments. We assessed the species as Endangered (EN) according to the IUCN criteria. We provide a distribution map and a key to the choritepalous species of Agave.

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