Publication Date:
2024-06-29
Description:
Peliosanthes macrophylla var. assamensis, a new variety from Behali Reserve Forest in Assam, Northeast
India, is described with accompanying photos and relevant taxonomic data. It differs from var. macrophylla from
Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, Northeast India, mainly by the staminal corona internally protruding near the middle
(vs internally upright corona without a particular inward protrusion), shorter anthers somewhat divergent distally
(vs nearly upright anthers), and longer, papillulate pistils exceeding the anthers (vs glabrous pistils not exceeding the
anthers).
Keywords:
Plant Science
;
Ecology
;
Evolution
;
Behavior and Systematics
;
Asparagaceae
;
Eastern Himalayas
;
floral structure
;
new variety
;
Peliosanthes macrophylla
;
taxonomy
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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