Publication Date:
2024-03-19
Description:
Two species of the Araceae family, Typhonium praelongum (having tuber of blunt cone shape, very long
\n(about 30 cm) sterile appendix of the spadix, horizontal yellow-orange staminodes with tops turning upwards and
\na glossy entirely papillate upper surface of the simple leaf blade) and Amorphophallus opalinus (having narrow
\nrhizome-like tuber with enlarged basal part, staminodes at the base of male zone of the spadix, narrow spathe,
\nlarge, broadly-conical with rounded apex, opalescent stigmas and white, one-seeded berries), are described as
\nspecies new to science from South Vietnam. Detailed morphological descriptions, colour plates of the species and
\ntheir habitats, phenology, distribution map, provisional conservation status, taxonomic comments and overview of
\nthe genera Typhonium and Amorphophallus in the Flora of Vietnam are provided.
Keywords:
Amorphophallus
;
Araceae
;
Areae
;
Binh Thuan Province
;
Thomsonieae
;
Typhonium
;
Vietnam
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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