A New Flagelliflorous Species of Stenanona (annonaceae) from Mexico, with a Review of the Phenomenon of Flagelliflory

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  • Tom Wendt
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Stenanona flagelliflora is described as a new species of small, flagelliflorous tree from deep-soil hill rain forests of the Uxpanapa-Chimalapa region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. In flagelliflory, flowers are borne on essentially leafless modified whip-like branches that trail across the ground; this is the first report of the phenonenon for the flora of Mexico or Central America. The phenomenon of flagelliflory and its worldwide occurrence are reviewed. The Central American genus Stenanona is not closely related to other New World annonaceous genera with flagelliflorous species but rather is likely most closely related to the Old World species of Polyalthia with superficially inaperturate but internally disulculate pollen. The distribution of S. flagelliflora and of its closest relatives, as well as the existence of flagelliflory in Mexican rain forest, provide additional data supporting the persistence of rain forest lineages in Mexico throughout climatically adverse periods of the late Cenozoic. The new species is considered to be Critically Endangered (CR) under the IUCN Red List classification. Resumen: Se describe Stenanona flagelliflora como una especie nueva de arbolito flagelifloro de las selvas de lomerio de la region de Uxpanapa-Chimalapa del Istmo de Tehuantepec en los estados de Veracruz y Oaxaca, Mexico. En el fen6meno de la flagelifloria, las flares, o las inflorescencias nacen de ramitas largas, delgadas y flexibles, mas o menos afilas, y rasteras sabre el suelo. En este trabajo se presenta el primer reporte del fen6meno de flagelifloria en la flora de Mexico. Se hace una resefia de la flagelifloria a nivel mundial. Stenanona, un genera centroamericano, no esta muy emparentado con los otros generos americanos de anonaceas con especies flagelifloras; mas bien parece probable que sus relaciones sean mas estrechas con un grupo de especies de Polyalthia del Viejo Mundo con polen externamente no aperturado e internamente bisulculado. La distribuci6n de S. flagelliflora y las de sus congeneres mas cercanos, junta con la presencia de flagelifloria en las selvas de Mexico, apoyan a la hip6tesis de la persistencia de estirpes selvaticas en Mexico a traves de periodos climaticos adversos del Cenozoico tardio. La especie nueva se considera en la categoria de "en peligro critico" (CR) segun los criterios de la UICN.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015