Suaeda pulvinata (Chenopodiaceae), a new species from saline lakes of central Mexico

Abstract

Suaeda pulvinata, a new perennial species of S. sect. Brezia, is described and illustrated. The new species grows in saline lakes of the central highlands of Mexico in halophytic grasslands of Distichlis spicata. It is compared with the similar S. jacoensis, which is known from strongly saline and gypsiferous flats in the Chihuahuan Desert region. © 2013 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem.