%0 Journal Article
%T A new Ambrosia (Asteraceae) from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
%A Le¨®n de la Luz
%A Jos¨¦ Luis
%A Rebman
%A Jon P.
%J Bolet¨ªn de la Sociedad Bot¨¢nica de M¨¦xico
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X ambrosia humi le¨®n de la luz et rebman, sp. nov., a member of the franseria alliance, is here described and illustrated. this taxon is apparently endemic only to mesa de hum¨ª in the sierra de la giganta of baja california sur, mexico. this new species is a subshrub with three-parted leaves that are gently scented and viscid when fresh, and it has a bur-like pistillate head, at maturity it is densely covered with strong, sharp, aculeate spines.
%K compositae
%K franseria
%K sierra de la giganta
%K plant diversity
%K floristics.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0366-21282010000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en