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A new species of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) from Michoacán, Mexico

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A new species, Cuscuta cotijana, is described and illustrated from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in northwestern Michoacán, Mexico. The species is most closely related to Cuscuta jalapensis, C. mitriformis, C. rugosiceps and C. lindsayi, from which it differs by the large spur-like projections on the outer calyx lobes and the ovoid to conical capsule with a small intrastylar aperture.

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The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful suggestions that improved the manuscript. The first author gratefully acknowledges that financial support for this research was received from a grant funded by WLU Operating funds, and the second author thanks COFAA and EDI of IPN for the scholarships provided. Guy Nesom kindly translated the Latin diagnosis.

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  1. Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada

    Mihai Costea & Mark Welsh

  2. CIIDIR-IPN Michoacán, Justo Sierra 28 /Apdo. postal 109, Jiquilpan, Michoacán, C.P. 59510, Mexico

    Ignacio García Ruiz

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Costea, M., Ruiz, I.G. & Welsh, M. A new species of Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) from Michoacán, Mexico. Brittonia 60, 235–239 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9017-0

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