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Wittmackia mesoamericana (I.Ramirez, Carnevali & Cetzal) Aguirre-Santoro

Publ: Plant Syst. Evol. 303(online): 22 (2017)

Type: MEXICO. Quintana Roo: predio Punta Young, rancho Estrella del Sur, fracción B y rancho Estrella del Sur, fracción C, flexión derecha del km 266 + 200, de la carretera federal 307 Reforma Agraria-Puerto Juárez, tramo Tulum - Playa del Carmen, 0 m, 20º32’3”N, 87º9’50”W, 10 March 2008, W. Cetzal-Ix 20 (holotype CICY!, isotype MO!)

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Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan peninsula

Habitat: epiphyte or terrestrial on forested limestone formations, ca. 0 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet indicates that this is the only species of the Caribbean-endemic Wittmackia that occurs in Mesoamerica.

Phenology: flower from February to March

Wittmackia mesoamericana