Diospyros reinae (new species, 2015)
A new species of shrub in Sonora, Diospyros reinae, named for Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero (well deserved!). Diospyros reinae described in 2015 article here.
A new species of shrub in Sonora, Diospyros reinae, named for Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero (well deserved!). Diospyros reinae described in 2015 article here.
In the course of a revision of the New World Ebenaceae for "Flora Neotropica" and some regional floras, specimens from ca. 100 herbaria have been studied. Diospyros reinae, a new species from Sonora (northwestern Mexico) is described here. The taxa D. rosei standl. and D. sinaloensis Blake are relegated into synonymy of D. sphaerantha standl. and D. sonorae standl., respectively.