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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Brewer SW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523868 | biostudies-other | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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

Brewer Steven W SW Stott Gail L GL

PhytoKeys 20170607 81

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, preli ...[more]

PMID: 28785162

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