Sabdariffa costata (A.Rich.) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett, 2025

Sabdariffa costata (A.Rich.) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Fig. 13 a, b View Fig .)

Hibiscus costatus A.Rich. in R. de la Sagra , Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc. 10(2): 138–139, t. 15 (1845 [1841]). Type: Cuba : ‘Crescit in Vuelta de Abajo ’, R.de la Sagra s.n. (lecto, designated by F.Areces Berazaín, Revista Jard. Bot . Nac. Univ. Habana 25/26: 27–28 (2006): P 02285891; isolecto: K 000199693, LIL 000829, P 02285892, P 02285893, US 00098082).

Hibiscus australis J.D.Smith, Enum. Pl. Guatem. 6: 4 (1903), nom. inval., nom. nud.

Hibiscus costatus var. glabellus R.E.Fr., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. View in CoL , ser. 3, 24(2): 30 (1947). Type: Belize: British Honduras, Honey Camp , Coastal Region, 11 Feb. 1929, C.L. Lundell 662 (holo: S 12- 17671 ) .

Descriptions and illustrations

Richard (1845, pp. 138–139); Fries (1947, p. 30); León and Alain (1957, pp. 253–254, fig. 108); Menzel et al. (1983 a, p. 207, fig.); Fryxell (1988, p. 205); Edmonds (1991, fig. 1(12); 2(26)); Fryxell (1992 b, pp. 103–104, fig. 11 [fig. on p. 85 due to a printing error]); Fryxell (2000, p. 12); Areces Berazaín (2006, pp. 27–28, fig. 1a, 2b, c, 3b, 4b, g).

Distribution

Belize, Cuba , Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panamá.