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Agave manantlanicola (Agavaceae), a new species from western Mexico

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Agave manantlanicola, a new endemic species from the high altitude mountains of the Sierra de Manantlán in western Mexico, is described and illustrated. The species belongs to the subgenus Littaea and Gentry’s Amolae group. The new species is compared to other morphologically similar species from western Mexico, including Agave attenuata subsp. attenuata, A. attenuata subsp. dentata, A. bakeri, A. chazaroi, and A. vazquezgarciae. Information about its distribution, habitat, and conservation status is included.

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Se describe e ilustra Agave manantlanicola, una especie endémica de las partes de mayor altitud de la Sierra de Manantlán, la cual se propone como nueva. Pertenece al subgénero Littaea y al grupo Amolae de Gentry. Se compara con las especies que morfológicamente está más relacionda: Agave attenuata subsp. attenuata, A. attenuata subsp. dentata, A. bakeri, A. chazaroi y A. vazquezgarciae. Se proporciona información sobre su distribución, hábitat y estado de conservación.

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We thank the Consejo Estatal de Ciencia y Tecnología (COECYTJAL), for their financial support of the project through which this new species was detected (structure, diversity and reservoirs of carbon in the forests of the Mexican Pacific), and the Museo Regional de Ciencias y Tecnología en la Costa Sur del Estado de Jalisco. We are very grateful to Enrique V. Sánchez Rodríguez for rendering the drawing of the new species and to Carlos Palomera García, Miguel Olvera Vargas and Kateri Krantz-Odendahl for their help in reviewing the manuscript.

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  1. Instituto Manantlán de Ecología y Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCSUR), Av. Independencia Nacional 151, Autlán de Navarro, CP 48900, Jalisco, Mexico

    Ramón Cuevas Guzmán, Francisco J. Santana-Michel & Oscar Balcazar-Medina

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Cuevas Guzmán, R., Santana-Michel, F.J. & Balcazar-Medina, O. Agave manantlanicola (Agavaceae), a new species from western Mexico. Brittonia 64, 330–335 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-012-9240-6

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