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A new species of Tapirira (Anacardiaceae) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico

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Tapirira chimalapana is a new species of tree common in the rain forests and lower montane forests of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Oaxaca. It is most similar to the AndeanT. guianensis Aubl. subsp.subandina Barfod & Holm-Niels. but differs from this and all other congeners by having larger petals on pistillate flowers than on staminate flowers and by pubescence features. Details of field characteristics, distribution, ecology, phenology, germination, and local names and uses are included.

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La nueva especieTapirira chimalapana es un árbol frecuente en la selva alta perennifolia y en las elevaciones inferiores del bosque mesófilo de montaña de la vertiente del Golfo del Istmo de Tehuantepec en los estados de Veracruz y Oaxaca, México. La especie más emparentada a ésta parece serT. guianensis Aubl. subsp.subandina Barfod & Holm-Niels.Tapirira chimalapana difiere de todas las demás especies descritas del género por el mayor tamaño de los pétalos de las flores pistiladas comparado con el de las estaminadas así como por el tipo de pubescencia. En el presente artículo se incluyen datos sobre las características de campo de la nueva especie, además de datos sobre su distribución, fenología, germinación, nombres comunes y usos locales.

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  1. Department of Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, 70803-1705, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.

    Tom Wendt

  2. The New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.

    John D. Mitchell

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Wendt, T., Mitchell, J.D. A new species of Tapirira (Anacardiaceae) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Brittonia 47, 101–108 (1995). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806950

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