PHYSALIS (SOLANACEAE) AND ALLIED GENERA - TZELTALIA, A NEW GENUS FROMTHE HIGHLANDS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO AND NORTHWESTERN GUATEMALA

Authors
ESTRADA E MARTINEZ M
Citation
E. Estrada et M. Martinez, PHYSALIS (SOLANACEAE) AND ALLIED GENERA - TZELTALIA, A NEW GENUS FROMTHE HIGHLANDS OF SOUTHERN MEXICO AND NORTHWESTERN GUATEMALA, Brittonia, 50(3), 1998, pp. 285-295
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Brittonia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0007196X
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
285 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(1998)50:3<285:P(AAG->2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A morphological analysis of Physalis and several closely related gener a, with emphasis on a group of species known as ''atypical Physalis,'' showed that two of the atypical species are better treated as a disti nct genus. Tzeltalia is described and two new combinations are made: T . amphitricha and T. calidaria. Restricted to the highlands of Chiapas , Mexico, and adjacent Guatemala, Tzeltalia is distinguished from Phys alis by a combination of characters including shrubby habit; fascicula te flowers; lobed corolla; scabrate pollen; and non-invaginated, parti ally open, coriaceous, and reticulate-veined fruiting calyx.