Publication Date:
2024-06-22
Description:
Eurystyles comprises about 23 species ranging from Mexico to northernArgentina. Six species are recognized in Mexico and Central America and three in Costa Rica. A new species, named E. uxoris, is here described
and illustrated based on Costa Rican material. The species is similar to Eurystyles auriculata and E. standleyi,
however, it differs by the smaller plants up to 3 cm tall, smaller leaves of less than 1.6 cm long, flowers with brown
dorsal sepal and brown lip apex, petals callose or thickened at apex, and a pandurate lip. Information about distribution, habitat, ecology, etymology and phenology of the new species is provided. An updated key to the Costa
Rican species of Eurystyles is presented.
Keywords:
Plant Science
;
Ecology
;
Evolution
;
Behavior and Systematics
;
Eurystyles auriculata
;
Eurystyles cornu-bovis
;
Eurystyles standleyi
;
floristics
;
neotropics
;
taxonomy
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
