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SUBMITTER: Acevedo-Rodriguez P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5234543 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PhytoKeys 20161214 75
<i>Spathelia</i> L. as currently circumscribed is endemic to the western portion of the West Indies, and contains nine species, one endemic to the Bahamas, three endemic to Jamaica and five endemic to Cuba. The discovery of a new species in Belize brings the total number of species in <i>Spathelia</i> to ten and expands its known distribution beyond the West Indies. <i>Spathelia belizensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b> is herein described, illustrated and contrasted to its most morphologically similar cong ...[more]