genus Mesoamerantha
Status: Synonym
Publ: Harvard Papers in Botany 308 (2018)
Type: TYPE: Mesoamerantha guatemalensis (Mez) I. Ramírez & K. Romero.
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Taxonomic Change:
- A genus of Hechtioideae closely related to Hechtia but diagnosable by means of the following character combination: central inflorescence, sessile flowers with a ¾ inferior ovary, and white, rarely apically red petals. It is also restricted to the extreme south of Megamexico.
Etymology and distribution: Mesoamerantha alludes to fact that this new genus is restricted to the Mesoamerica region, particularly to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize, in pine-forest or low caducifolious forests.
Three species are recognized in this genus and are distributed in the biogeographical provinces of Chiapas Highlands, Pacific Lowlands, Mosquito, and Veracruzan (sensu Morrone, 2014). —See Ramirez et al. 2018b p. 308
