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Cryptic speciation in the Caesalpinia hintonii complex (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in a seasonally dry Mexican forest.
Annals of botany - 1 Dec 2007
Sotuyo Solange, Delgado-Salinas Alfonso, Chase Mark W, Lewis Gwilym P, Oyama Ken
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: [corrected] The Caesalpinia hintonii group comprises six species of endemic shrubs or trees, C. epifanioi, C. hintonii, C. laxa, C. macvaughii, C. melanadenia and C. oyamae, found in scattered patches of seasonally dry forest in the Río Balsas depression and the neighbouring Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley, which are part of the Mexican morphotectonic province of Sierra Madre del Sur. An evaluation...
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