Ternstroemia

Alcántara-Ayala, Othón, Luna-Vega, Isolda & Alvarado-Sizzo, Hernán, 2025, Ternstroemia sierragordensis (Pentaphylacaceae), a new cloud forest tree species from Querétaro and San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Phytotaxa 705 (3), pp. 247-259 : 256

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.3.2

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scientific name

Ternstroemia
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Key to the species of Ternstroemia View in CoL of the Mexican states of Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Hidalgo, including T. tepezapote

1. Peduncles short, less than 2.5 cm long, leaves 3–8 cm long..............................................................................................................2

- Peduncles long, more than 3 cm long, leaves 8–13 cm long..............................................................................................................3

2. Leaves elliptical, chartaceous, less than 6 cm long, peduncles short, less than 1.5 cm long ............................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................ T. sylvatica View in CoL

- Leaves obovate, coriaceous, up to 8 cm long, peduncles more than 1.5 cm long........................................................... T. tepezapote View in CoL

3. Tree 8–15 m tall, lenticels evident on trunk and branches, leaves with crenate margin, flowers axillary, usually solitary................. ................................................................................................................................................................................. T. sierragordensis

- Small tree ca. 8 m tall, lenticels not evident, leaves with entire margin, flowers terminal, generally in fascicles ............ T. huasteca View in CoL

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