A new species of Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) from the Bladen Nature Reserve, southern Belize

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Cinnamomum · Topics: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant and animal studies

A new species in the Lauraceae, Cinnamomum bladenense S.W. Brewer & G.L. Stott, is described from the Bladen Nature Reserve in southern Belize. The new species is similar to Cinnamomum brenesii (Standl.) Kosterm., from which it differs by its much smaller, narrowly-campanulate flowers, its inner tepals glabrous abaxially, its shorter petioles, its minutely sericeous younger twigs, and its abaxial leaf surfaces not glaucous and with prominent secondary venation. A description, preliminary conservation assessment, and photographs of the species as well as a key to and notes on the Cinnamomum of Belize are provided.

View raw JSON from API

Found an error? Please report to login@optimap.science.