<i>Coccoloba howardii (Polygonaceae)</i>, a new species from Cuba

Abstract

Castañeda Noa I.: Coccoloba howardii (Polygonaceae), a new species from Cuba [Novitiae florae cubensis 38]. - Willdenowia 42: 95–98. June 2012. — Online ISSN 1868-6397; © 2012 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. Stable URL: http//dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.42.42112Coccoloba howardii, a new species from the north-central region of Cuba, is described and illustrated. It appears to be closely related to C. subcordata, from which it differs primarily in the spiral arrangement of the short branches and leaf features such as the petiole inserted at the base of the ochrea, a membranous blade and alternate primary veins not grouped at the base.