Enriquebeltrania Explained

Enriquebeltrania is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae, first described in 1957. It was initially given the name Beltrania, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. In other words, someone else had already applied the name to a different plant, so this one had to be renamed.^{[1] [2] [3]} The genus is native to western and southern Mexico.^{[4] [5]}

Species^[4]

1. Enriquebeltrania crenatifolia (Miranda) Rzed. 1979 - Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán
2. Enriquebeltrania disjuncta De-Nova & Sosa 2006 - Jalisco, Sinaloa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tropicos.
2. Miranda González, Faustino. 1957. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 21: 11
3. Rzedowski, Jerzy. 1979. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 38: 75
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=67461 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. De-Nova, J. A., V. Sosa & K. J. Wurdack. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and the description of a new species of Enriquebeltrania (Euphorbiaceae s.s.): an enigmatic genus endemic to Mexico. Systematic Botany 31(3): 533–546.