''Hampea reynae'', the majagua, is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familia ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the
cloud forests
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level clo ...
of
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south ...
, and was first described in 1980 by
Paul Fryxell
Paul Arnold Fryxell was an American botanist known for his work on flowering plants, especially those within the Malvaceae.
Education and career
Fryxell attended Moline public schools and later Augustana College, graduating with a B.A. in 194 ...
.
[Fryxell, Paul A. "A New Species of Hamper (Malvaceae) from El Salvador" Systematic Botany. 1980 5(4): 442-444 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2418525?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]
References
reynae
Endemic flora of El Salvador
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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