Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad ISSN: 1870-3453
[email protected] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Mathieu, Guido; Symmank, Lars; Callejas, Ricardo; Wanke, Stefan; Neinhuis, Christoph; Goetghebeur, Paul; Samain, Marie-Stéphanie New geophytic Peperomia (Piperaceae) species from Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol. 82, núm. 2, junio, 2011, pp. 357-382 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Distrito Federal, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42521043002 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82: 357-382, 2011 New geophytic Peperomia (Piperaceae) species from Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica Nuevas especies geofíticas de Peperomia (Piperaceae) de México, Belice y Costa Rica Guido Mathieu1, Lars Symmank2, Ricardo Callejas3, Stefan Wanke2, Christoph Neinhuis2, Paul Goetghebeur1 and Marie-Stéphanie Samain1* 1Ghent University, Department of Biology, Research Group Spermatophytes, K.L. Ledeganckstr. 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. 2Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Botanik, Plant Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics Group, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. 3Universidad de Antioquia, Instituto de Biología, AA 1226 Medellín, Colombia *Correspondent:
[email protected] Abstract. Peperomia subgenus Tildenia is a poorly known group of geophytic species occurring in seasonal habitats in 2 biodiversity hot spots (Mexico-Guatemala and Peru-Bolivia) with few species reported from the countries in between. Recent fieldwork combined with detailed study of herbarium specimens of this subgenus in Mexico and Central America resulted in the discovery of 12 new species, which are here described and illustrated.