Abstract

Jatropha martinezii, a new species from Michoacan, Mexico, is described and illus- trated. The new species is distinguished by its ovate leaves, which are usually densely pubescent abaxially and lack basal stipitate glands; long exstipulate petioles on the mature leaves; and trilocular fruits. Its relationships are with the J. standleyi complex sect. Loureira, subsect. Loureira, which occurs from western Jalisco, Colima, and Michoacan to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca.

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