A novelty in the genus Hechtia (Hechtioideae, Bromeliaceae) from Jalisco, Mexico

Abstract

Hechtia ibugana a new species from the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, is described and illustrated. The new taxon is compared with H. pretiosa and H. rosea, species that also present sepals and petals rose to reddish, as well as with H. iltisii and H. santanae, endemic species of the state of Jalisco, Mexico.

Spatial phylogenetics in Hechtioideae (Bromeliaceae) reveals recent diversification and dispersal

“…In recent years, efforts have been made to determine the evolutionary history of this group of plants by analyzing their phylogenetic relationships and the description and delimitation of their species (García-Ruiz et al 2014, González-Rocha et al 2014, López-Ferrari & Espejo-Serna 2014a, Ramírez-Morillo et al 2014, Ramírez-Morillo et al 2015, Ramírez-Morillo et al 2016, Flores-Argüelles et al 2019, Hernández-Cárdenas et al 2019, Hernández-Cárdenas et al 2020, Romero-Soler et al 2022). These advances have made possible to identify the monophyly of Hechtioideae and the presence of three well-supported clades corresponding to three genera; Bakerantha with five species, Hechtia with ca.…”

The official presentation to science of a new species of Hechtia (Bromeliaceae: Hechtioideae) from the Pacific Lowlands in Mexico

“…About 70 Hechtia species were described before 1994 but since 2007, 46 species have been described, becoming the Mexican genus with the largest rate of species description in the family. Fortunately, species described since 2007 are well morphologically and geographically documented, with images of plants in habitat and cultivation, providing all information to understand the species (e.g., Flores-Argüelles et al 2019, Hernández-Cárdenas et al 2022, Ramírez-Morillo et al 2023a; for the complete list go to https://www.tropicos.org/name/Search?name=hechtia).…”

“…Within the 15 provinces proposed by Morrone et al (2014) in Megamexico, for the genus Hechtia, the Balsas Basin is the one with the largest number of species (36) and endemism ( 22), followed by the Pacific Lowlands (25 species, 12 endemic) and Sierra Madre del Sur (24 species, 10 endemic) (modified from Rivera-Martínez et al 2022), figures subject to change by new species described every year for the genus, which reaches more than 90 species. For the Mexican state of Jalisco, there are seven reported species of Hechtia (McVaugh 1989, Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018, Flores-Argüelles et al 2019, Ramírez-Morillo et al 2023b (Ramírez-Morillo et al 2023b). All of them are endemic to Jalisco excepting H. subalata.…”