Los Mezquites Mexicanos: Biodiversidad y Distribución Geográfica

in the present study on the biodiversity and distribution of the mexican mesquites, 11 species are described and illustrated, 3 of which are new to science. the eleven species of prosopis (sect. algarobia) are: 1) p. odorata (baja california norte, sonora, chihuahua, tamaulipas, nuevo león and zacatecas); 2) p. glandulosa (coahuila, nuevo león and tamaulipas); 3) p. velutina (sonora); 4) p. articulata (sonora and baja california sur); 5) p. tamaulipana (tamaulipas, nuevo león, san luis potosí y veracruz) 6) p. yaquiana sp. nov. (sonora, baja california sur and sinaloa); 7) p. vidaliana (nayarit, jalisco, colima, michoacán, guerrero, oaxaca y chiapas); 8) p. laevigata (nuevo león, durango, tamaulipas, zacatecas, san luis potosí, aguas calientes, jalisco, guanajuato, querétaro, hidalgo, michoacán, méxico, morelos, puebla, guerrero, oaxaca and chiapas); 9) p. mezcalana sp. nov. (guerrero and michoacán); 10) p. mayana sp. nov. (yucatán); 11) p. juliflora (yucatán). a key to the 11 mexican species is provided and their geographical distributions are illustrated.