Vol. 80 No. 2 (2025)
Articles

Taxonomic novelties and nomenclatural notes on Coccoloba sect. Coccoloba (Polygonaceae) from Mexico and Central America

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  • Patricia Hernández-Ledesma,
  • Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz,
  • Juan José Ancona
Patricia Hernández-Ledesma
Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Centro Regional del Bajío, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 253, 61600, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México
Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz
Herbario UADY, Departamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, carretera Mérida-Xmatkuil km 15.5, 97100, Mérida, Yucatán, México
Juan José Ancona
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Centro Regional del Bajío, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 253, 61600, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17684

Published 2025-07-18

Keywords

  • Central America,
  • Coccoloba,
  • Mexico,
  • Polygonaceae,
  • Taxonomy

How to Cite

Hernández-Ledesma, P., Ortiz-Díaz, J. J., & Ancona, J. J. (2025). Taxonomic novelties and nomenclatural notes on Coccoloba sect. Coccoloba (Polygonaceae) from Mexico and Central America. Webbia, 80(2), 253–265. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17684

Copyright (c) 2025 Patricia Hernández-Ledesma, Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz, Juan José Ancona

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Abstract

Coccoloba is one of the richest tropical tree genera of Polygonaceae. Since the last taxonomic treatment of the genus in 1959, new species and new nomenclatural arrangements have been published in the last decade. In this work, Coccoloba ruizii and Coccoloba queretaroensis are described and illustrated as two new endemic species from Mexico. The names Coccoloba browniana, Coccoloba petenensis and Coccoloba wercklei are resurrected based on morphological characters. In addition, to stabilize the taxonomy in Coccoloba barbadensis, neotypes are proposed for the names Coccoloba barbadensis var. mexicana and Coccoloba leptostachya.

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