A NEW SPECIES OF MENTZELIA SECTION BARTONIA (LOASACEAE) FROM ARIZONA

Authors
CHRISTY CM
Citation
Cm. Christy, A NEW SPECIES OF MENTZELIA SECTION BARTONIA (LOASACEAE) FROM ARIZONA, Novon, 7(1), 1997, pp. 25-26
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Novon → ACNP
ISSN journal
10553177
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
25 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-3177(1997)7:1<25:ANSOMS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A new species of Mentzelia sect. Bartonia (Loasaceae), M. collomiae, i s described from central Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.A. It is an eda phic endemic species restricted to cinder areas of the San Francisco V olcanic Field and is distinguished from other species in the section b y seed surface features and by a combination of gross morphology, chro mosome number, and habitat.