In the genus Tectaria, about 200 species are cited which are distributed in southwest Asia and the Pacific islands; for the Neotropics there are 25-30 species, especially in South America. The systematics of the genus Tectaria has been built mainly under a morphological approach. However, the high phenotypic plasticity of...
Catopsis comprises epiphytic and rupiculous herbs distributed throughout Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. The genus is more diverse in Mexico, where more than 85 % of its species inhabit. Catopsis is characterized by its seeds with an appendage formed by numerous hairs at the chalaza. Most...
The monotypic status of Peromyscus furvus, an endemic species of deer mouse in Mexico, which includes P. latirostris and P. angustirostris in synonymy, is analyzed throughout its geographical range, along the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Mexican Transvolcanic Belt, and the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, by using molecular (mitochondrial gene sequences...
