Manfreda petskinil R.A.Orellana, L.Hern. & Carnevali
, J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 135(2): 173 (-176, 168-169; figs. 2-5) (2008).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448403-2
- Publication
- Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. Lawrence, KS
- Collation
- 135(2): 173 (-176, 168-169; figs. 2-5)
- Date of Publication
- 17 Jul 2008
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Agavaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- G. Carnevali & I. M. Ramírez 7206
- Locality
- Municipio Izamal: Cenote Xcholac (Xcolak, sic!) 14–15 km. al E de Izamal por la vía a Tunkás, alt. ca. 20–50 m
- Collection Date
- 28 Jan 2007
- Type Herbaria
- holotype CICY
isotype MO
isotype QMEX - Latitude
- 20° 54' 50" N
- Longitude
- 88° 50' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Yucatán (Mexico, Northern America)
Remarks
etymology: From the Mayan “hunpets'kinil” (“el que se mancha con el sol”: the one that becomes spotted or stained with the sun) in reference to the fact that leaves become conspicuously blotched and tinged upon exposure to strong sunlight. Manfreda petskinil ... characterized by the presence of long-lasting leaves, paniculate inflorescences, and flowers subtended by a single bracteole—the latter a unique character found within the family Agavaceae and probably within the order Asparagales. Manfreda petskinil has been annotated in some herbaria as M. scabra, but the new species is similar to M. variegata, from which it differs by the presence of minutely pubescent and denticulate leaves, ascendant flowers, filament insertion at the mouth of the tube, and a thin style. However, both new species are most closely related to each other than any other species in the genus. Manfreda petskinii is acaulescent with narrower, linear-lanceolate leaves, finely serrulate margins and smaller than M. paniculata. (vide abstract).