SUAEDA EDULIS (CHENOPODIACEAE), A NEW SPECIES OF SALINE LAKES CENTER MEXICO
Por:
Noguez-Hernandez, R, Carballo-Carballo, A, Flores-Olvera, H
Publicada:
1 mar 2013
Resumen:
A new species of Suaeda sect. Brezia, Suaeda edulis Flores Olv. &
Noguez is described and illustrated. It occurs in saline lakes of
Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Estado de Mexico, Distrito Federal,
Tlaxcala and Puebla. Suaeda edulis was confused with S. nigra (=S.
torreyana) and S. mexicana, but it is more similar to S. calceoliformis;
it is an annual, erect to ascending herb; the flowers are zygomorphic,
with one to three perianth segments that are enlarged apically in a
horn-like appendices, in fruit with transverse nerved wings near the
base. The flowers are clustered axillary in groups of 1-5, have 2-3
stamens, and are distributed throughout the plant, sometimes in terminal
and axillar spikes; the seeds are 0.9-1.6 mm diameter and the chromosome
number is 2n = 54. It is an edible herb harvested from wild populations,
but it is also cultivated in the agricultural area of the Distrito
Federal where it is known as ``romerito''.
Filiaciones:
Noguez-Hernandez, R:
Univ Autonoma Chapingo, Dept Preparatoria Agr, Chapingo, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
Carballo-Carballo, A:
Colegio Postgrad, Montecillo, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
Flores-Olvera, H:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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