Styrax carranzae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Styracaceae
Genus: Styrax
Species:

Styrax carranzae Doweld, Phytotaxa 460: 235. 2020.

Homotypic
- Styrax lanceolatus P.W. Fritsch, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84: 733. 1998, nom. illeg. non Styrax lanceolatus H. Engelhardt, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 19(1): 32. 1895 (fossil-species).
- Styrax argenteus var. parvifolius E. Carranza, Acta Bot. Mex. 23: 36. 1993.

The species was collected in Querétaro, Mexico; holotype in (IEB).

The species epithet is named in honor of Dr. Eleazar Carranza Gonzalez, botanist and explorer of Mexican floras

Doweld, A.B. 2020. Styrax carranzae, a new name for extant Styrax lanceolatus P.W. Fritsch non Engelhardt (Styracaceae). Phytotaxa 460(3): 235-236. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.460.3.7 Reference page.
Engelhardt, H. 1895. Über neue Tertiärpflanzen Süd-Amerikas. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 19(1): 1-48. BHL Reference page.
Fritsch, P.W. 1998. A revision of Styrax (Styracaceae) for Western Texas, Mexico, and Mesoamerica. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 84(4): 705–761. DOI: 10.2307/2992026 Reference page.
Carranza Gonzalez, E. 1993. Una nueva variedad de Styrax argenteus (Styracaceae) del NE de Ouerétaro (México). Acta Botánica Mexicana 23: 35-40. Reference page.