La sect. Lonchocarpus del género Lonchocarpus (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Mill ettieae): nuevas especies y subespecie para México y Mesoamérica

Abstract

New taxa of the Lonchocarpus genus from Mexico and Mesoamerica (Leguminosae,Papilionoideae, Millettieae) are described and illustrated. Of the 19 recognized species, eightspecies: L. brenesii, L. isthmensis, L. latimarginatus, L. michoacanicus, L. pedunculatus,L. plicatus, L. subsessilifolius and L. wendtii, and a new subspecies of L. brenesii, subsp.vulcanicola, are new to science. The Lonchocarpus section is once again characterized with thissignificant increase in the number of its known species. Mesoamerican species and subspeciesof the Lonchocarpus section show contrasting differences in the dichotomous key