Asclepias sauronii M.G.Chávez & L.O.Alvarado
, Phytotaxa 592(3): 256 (2023).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77318011-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 592(3): 256
- Date of Publication
- 20 Apr 2023
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asclepiadaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- G.S.Hinton et al. 20460
- Locality
- Coahuila: Arteaga, Sierra Zapalinamé, 2705 m
- Collection Date
- 27 Jun 1990
- Type Herbaria
- holotype GBH
- Latitude
- 25° 28' 1" N
- Longitude
- 100° 51' W
- Distribution Of Types
- Coahuila (Mexico Northeast, Mexico, Northern America)
Nuevo León (Mexico Northeast, Mexico, Northern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.592.3.4 Etymology: the specific epithet refers to the fictional character Sauron, the main antagonist of J.R.R.Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', due to the color of the plant with gray tones in the leaves and red tones in the flowers, as well as the presence of the elongated corona that resembles the helmet of Sauron in the Lord of the Rings movies.