taxonID	type	description	language	source
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Licaria ramiroi is similar to L. triandra (Sw.) Kosterm. but differs from the latter by leaves with 12 - 23 pairs of secondary veins (vs. 5 - 10); inflorescence surface commonly glabrous (vs. sparsely to densely appressed pubescent); entire hypanthium sericeous inside (vs. glabrous); stamens with free anthers (vs. stamens with anthers fused at least in their basal half).	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	materials_examined	Type. Mexico. State of Jalisco: Municipality of Casimiro Castillo, canada El Tecolote, 19 July 2022 (fl), R. Cuevas G., E. V. Sanchez R. & J. G. Morales A. 14182 (holotype ZEA; isotypes to be distributed).	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	description	Description. Trees 10 - 26 m in height, trunk 15 - 60 cm in diameter; bark flaky and peeling off in irregular layers, the outer reddish-brown, the inner yellow, turning pink as it oxidises. Branchlets cylindrical, 1.5 - 2 mm thick, brownish-grey, lenticellate and exfoliating, glabrous; axillary buds conical, 1.5 - 2 mm in length, 1 mm in width, glabrous; terminal buds cylindrical, 7 - 12 mm in length, 1 mm in width, reddish, glabrous. Leaves alternate, reddish when sprouting, mature leaves lanceolate to oblong, 7 - 16 x 1.3 - 4.7 cm, 3 - 6 times longer than wide, chartaceous, glabrous on both sides; base cuneate, sometimes obtuse; margins entire, sclerotic; apex acuminate; the secondary veins are inconspicuous, but recognisable on both sides, whereas the higher-order venation is not resolved, mid-vein depressed above and protruding below, secondary veins 12 - 23 pairs; petioles sulcate adaxially (4 -) 7 - 12 x 1 - 1.8 mm, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate-cymose, branched from near the base, rarely solitary, 1 - 4 cm in length, the terminal flowers often fused at their bases; peduncles 1 - 2 mm in length; bracts soon deciduous, concave, ovate-lanceolate, 0.7 - 1.9 x 0.4 - 0.8 mm, glabrous. Flowers ellipsoid or obovoid, 2.5 - 3 mm in length; pedicels 1.2 - 1.8 mm in length, glabrous; hypanthium 1.4 - 2.1 x 1.9 - 2 mm, externally glabrous, internally sericeous; tepals 6, fused to 1 / 4 of their length in the basal part, imbricate, ovate, subequal (inner ones slightly smaller), 0.8 - 1.3 x 0.8 - 0.9 mm, concave, inconspicuously fimbriated on their margins; stamen series I and II lacking; androecium with 3 - 5 stamens, exserted, fused at the filaments only, tomentose on both sides of filaments, 1.2 - 2.4 mm in length, anthers bisporangiate, ovate to oblong, tomentose at the base on the adaxial face, the rest glabrous, 1.1 - 1.3 x 0.8 - 0.9 mm, sporangia on the abaxial side of the anther, each sporangium with an oblique locule covering most of the anther body, sometimes the locule sagittate or irregular i. e. two locules fused, valves extrorse and remaining at the apex of the anther; 4 - 8 glands observed, at the base of the filaments or slightly above, sometimes contiguous glands fused at their bases, but with clearly separated apices, lanceolate to ovate or irregularly shaped, lamellar, 0.4 - 0.6 x 0.2 - 0.4 mm, pubescent at their base; pistil elongate, 2.3 - 2.7 mm in length, glabrous, ovary 0.8 - 1 x 0.6 - 0.7 mm. Fruit ellipsoid, purple with a yellow base when mature, 20 - 28 x 12 - 15 mm, glabrous; cupule lenticellate, 12 - 14 mm in height, 14 - 18 mm in diameter at apex, 7 - 10 mm in depth, double-rimmed, outer margin slightly ascending to spreading, wavy, the inner margin erect, entire, 0.5 - 1 mm in height; pedicel in fruit turbinate, 3 - 5 mm in length, 3 - 4.5 mm in diameter distally, 1.5 - 2 mm basally.	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology. Licaria ramiroi is known from only one locality in the Sierra de Manantlan, Jalisco, Mexico. It has been recorded between 1000 and 1600 m in elevation in an ecotone between subdeciduous tropical forest and montane cloud forest. Dominant trees in this habitat correspond to individuals of the Lauraceae family, such as Beilschmiedia manantlanensis Cuevas & Cochrane, Damburneya rudis (C. K. Allen) Trofimov & Rohwer and D. salicifolia (Kunth) Trofimov & Rohwer. Other tree species observed are Amyris mexicana Lundell, Aphananthe monoica (Hemsl.) J. - F. Leroy, Calatola laevigata Standl., Cedrela odorata L., Drypetes gentryi Monach., Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh, Prunus cortapico Kerber ex Koehne, Sideroxylon brucebenzii Cuevas & A. Vazquez, S. portoricense Urb. and Trophis mexicana (Liebm.) Bureau. Hemi-epiphytes are represented by Balmea stormiae Martinez, Ficus aurea Nutt., Oreopanax echinops (Schltdl. & Cham.) Decne. & Planch. and Oreopanax sanderianus Hemsl. and vines by Solandra maxima (Sesse & Moc.) P. S. Green. Field observations were carried out for three years; as we found no flowers or fruits during the different seasons of the year, nor observed any seedlings, in this period, this leads us to suggest that this species could have supra-annual flowering and fruiting periods. The locality from where the new species of Licaria is described is an area that has been prominent for records of new species, such as Beilschmiedia manantlanensis (Cuevas & Cochrane, 1999), Sideroxylon brucebenzii (Cuevas & Vazquez-Garcia, 2021) or disjunct distributions, such as those of Desmopsis trunciflora (Schltdl. & Cham.) G. E. Schatz (Cuevas et al. 2002) and Nectandra rudis C. K. Allen (Cuevas et al. 2008), amongst others. Fortunately, the area forms part of the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve, ensuring a certain degree of conservation of the flora of this area, which is notable in the region for its uniqueness and the distribution of some of its species (Cuevas 2002). The species has been recorded in flower in the months of July-August and with ripe fruits from February to March.	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species honours the memory of Ramiro Cuevas Guzman, dear brother of the first author, a person who loved the countryside and who collected plants for more than 30 years together with the author of the species, in various regions of the southern coast of Jalisco. Several of these collections are deposited in national herbaria and some have resulted in scientific novelties.	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
06AA8D8DE18E5DAFB7843818DBB091A7.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined. Mexico: State of Jalisco: Municipality of Casimiro Castillo: canada El Tecolote, 19 ° 36 ' 55 " N, 104 ° 18 ' 27 " W, 13 December 1998 (st), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman & J. Aragon 6374 (ZEA); R. Cuevas, L. Guzman & J. Aragon 6367 (ZEA); canada El Tecolote, 19 ° 37 ' 06 " N, 104 ° 19 ' 29 " W, 14 December 1998 (st), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman & J. Aragon 6413 (ZEA); canada de La Naranjera, 19 ° 37 ' 20 " N, 104 ° 20 ' 38 " W, 23 February 1999 (ripe fr), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman & J. Aragon 6571 (ZEA); canada de La Naranjera, 19 ° 37 ' 21 " N, 104 ° 20 ' 33 " W, 24 February 1999 (ripe fr), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman & J. Aragon 6591 (ZEA); barranca de La Naranjera, 19 ° 36 ' 55 " N, 104 ° 18 ' 27 " W, 11 July 1999 (immature fr), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman, C. Palomera & J. Aragon 6819 (ZEA); 19 ° 36 ' 55 " N, 104 ° 18 ' 27 " W, 11 July 1999 (fl), R. Cuevas, L. Guzman, C. Palomera & J. Aragon 6820 (ZEA).	en	Cuevas Guzman, Ramon, Sanchez-Rodriguez, Enrique V., Morales-Arias, Jose Guadalupe (2023): Licaria ramiroi (Lauraceae), a new species from Western Mexico. PhytoKeys 218: 69-78, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.218.94356
