Coulteria pumila (Britton & Rose) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis, 2016

Sotuyo, Solange, Contreras, José Luis, Gagnon, Edeline & Lewis, Gwilym P., 2016, A synopsis of Coulteria (Leguminosae), including new names and synonyms, Phytotaxa 291 (1), pp. 33-42 : 40-41

Coulteria pumila (Britton & Rose) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis , comb. nov.

Guaymasia pumila Britton & Rose , in N. Amer. Fl. 23(5): 322 (1930). Type:— México, Sonora Alta, without collector or number, although

Caesalpinia gracilis Benth. ex Hemsl. was given as a synonym (see below). Caesalpinia pumila (Britton & Rose) F.J. Herm. , in J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 38(7): 237 (1948). Caesalpinia gracilis Benth. ex Hemsl. , in Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 1: 9 (1878), non Miquel (1855). Type:— Coulter 485 (holotype K!),

Coulter s.n. (presumed isotype K!).

Caesalpinia gracilis Benth. ex Hemsl. is an illegitimate name because it is a later homonym of Caesalpinia gracilis Miq. (1855) ; Britton &

Rose proposed Guaymasia pumila Britton & Rose (1930) as a replacement name for Caesalpinia gracilis Benth. ex Hemsl. (1878) ,

non Miq. (1855). Thus the earliest legitimately published name for the taxon carries the species epithet pumila .

Distribution: — México: Sonora.

Habitat: —Tropical deciduous forest, thorn scrub, desert rocky hillsides near the ocean.

Selected specimens: — MÉXICO. Sonora: 12 km al E de San Carlos , 16 July 1996, A. Flores M. y M. Ortega M. 4526 ( MEXU 855757 ) ; 7 mi E of Cachivi , [28° 50 ′ N, 110° 22.5 ′ W], 2 September 1988, G. Nabham et al. 5192 ( MEXU 472501 ) ; 2 km south Cañon Nacapule , 11 August 1985, R. S. Felger & M. A. Dimmit 85-871 B ( MEXU 611313 ) ; Sur de Hermosillo , 20 February 1959, F. Miranda 8932 ( MEXU 66729 ) ; New Year Mine , 20 miles SW of Hermosillo, 28 October 1926, M. E. Jones 22433 ( MEXU 457944 , F 701352 ) ; 4 km al E de Guaymas road to Cd. Obregón, [27º 56 ʹ N, 110º 49 ʹ W], 27 January 1992, G. P. Lewis et al. 2062 ( K, MEXU 543647 ) ; 67 km al S de Hermosillo [28º 27 ʹ N 111º 02 ʹ W], 28 January 1992, G. P. Lewis et al. 2066 ( K, MEXU 543639 ) ; 15 km from Hermosillo on road to Sahuaripa [29º 04 ′ N, 110º 41 ′ W], 28 January 1992, G. P. Lewis et al. 2067 ( K, MEXU 543640 ) ; 20 km al S de Vicam carretera México-Nogales, 8 December 1986, J. M. Aguilar, et al. 2089 ( MEXU 646814 ) ; 17 mi by México hwy 15 north of junction to Bahía San Carlos , 8 September 1980, R. S. Felger & R. Schmalzel 80-63 ( MEXU 487037 , 787037 ) ; Guaymas , calcareous adobe soil in valley, 24 October 1939, H. S. Gentry 4701 ( MEXU 787773 ) ; Between Hermosillo and Guaymas , 4 December 1968, V. E. Rudd 2089 ( MEXU 151601 , US 2574727) ; 14 km on road to Alamo from Navojoa, 8 July 1971, D. Ducote et al. 3042 ( NY) ; Guaymas , 1887, E. Palmer 147 ( NY 49627 ) ; 20 mi S Hermosillo road to Guaymas , 1 September 1941, I. L. Wiggins & R. C. Rollins 210 ( US 1892787) ; Miramar, West of Guaymas , 28 July 1935, F. W. Pennell 19444 ( US 1641936) .

Coulteria velutina (Britton & Rose) S. Sotuyo & G.P. Lewis , comb. nov.

Brasilettia velutina Britton & Rose , in N. Amer. Fl. 23(5): 322 (1930). Type:—Guatemala, W.A. Kellerman 7044 (holotype US, photo FCME!; isotypes F, LL, MEXU!, US, photo MEXU!).

Caesalpinia velutina (Britton & Rose) Standl. , in Trop. Woods 34: 40 (1933).

Distribution: — México, from Jalisco to Chiapas (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Veracruz) and from Guatemala to Nicaragua, along the Pacific coast.

Habitat: —Thorn scrub, seasonally dry tropical forest.

Selected specimens: — GUATEMALA. Zacapa at West of La Fragua , 9 May 1985, C. E. Hughes 710 ( MEXU 403755 ) ; Jalapa, El Rancho, 6 January 1906, W. A. Kellerman 5718 ( MEXU 49455 ) ; Retalhuleu San Felipe , 4 February 1906, W. A. Kellerman 5566 ( MEXU) ; W of the Fragua, 2.5 km S of Río Magdalena , 14 February 1993, J. A. Hawkins & C. E. Hughes 16 ( MEXU 594187 ) ; Baja Verapaz at W of Salamá Puente Barranca , 24 July 1988 ; P. Tenorio et al. 14748 ( MEXU 526187 , 749605 , 654918 ) ; Zacapa [14º 90 ′ N, 89º 60 ′ W], 14 February 1993, J. A. Hawkins & C. E. Hughes 15 ( MEXU 595199 ) ; Huehuetenango, above Democracia to Jutal , 23 August 1942, J. A. Steyermark 51065 ( F 1196996 ) ; Chiquimula on road from Zacapa, 9 October 1940, P. C. Standley 73749 ( F 1091208 ) ; Zacapa near La Fragua, 14 October 1940, P. C. Standley 74788 ( F 1191310 ) ; Chontales Puente Buenos Aires , 12 June 1982, W. D. Stevens et al. 21565 ( NY). MÉXICO. Veracruz: Zempoala, Tierra Caliente camino Zempoala Actopan, 29 April 1976, C. Hernández Aponte et al. 242 ( F 1931784 ). Oaxaca: Puerto Angel, 12 April 1933, C. V. Morton & E. Makrinius 2609 ( F 823499 , US 1585601, 1585602) ; Playa de San Agustín en Mar Pacífico , 1841–1843, Liebmann 5059 ( F 662708 ) ; 1841–1843, Liebmann 4516 ( F 662247 ): Puerto de Santa Cruz , October 1842, Liebmann 5057 ( F 662248 ) ; Estación Almoloyas Cañon del Tomellín ; 29 September 1907, C. Conzatti 2043 ( F 225811 ) ; 8 km al NE de Teotitlán del Camino hacia Huautla , 17 February 1976, M. Sousa Sánchez et al. 5400 ( US 2790752) ; Tehuantepec Paso Alicia Guingola, 6 April 1969, T. MacDougall s.n. ( NY). Guerrero: 5.5 km de Cieneguillas, 27 May 1976, A. Delgado S. et al. 130 ( US 2790132) ; La Unión El Pantano, E. Langlasse 252 ( MEXU). Michoacán: Apatzingán 15 km al SW Rancho el Capire, 2 August 1940, W. M. C. Leavenworth 424 ( F 1076130 ) .