''Ixchelia uxpanapana'' is a species of
plant in the family
Violaceae
Violaceae is a family of flowering plants established in 1802, consisting of about 1000 species in about 25 genera. It takes its name from the genus ''Viola'', the violets and pansies.
Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed t ...
. It is
endemic to
Mexico, and is native to the states of
Oaxaca and Veracruz.
[
The species was first described as ''Rinorea uxpanapana'' by Thomas Leighton Wendt in 1983, and published in 1984. In 2015 it was placed in the new genus '']Ixchelia
''Ixchelia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family, Violaceae. It includes three species native to Mexico and Central America.
*'' Ixchelia kochii'' – Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sove ...
'' as ''Ixchelia uxpanapana''.
References
Violaceae
Flora of Oaxaca
Flora of Veracruz
Endemic flora of Mexico
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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