A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia

By

Tronchet, Frédéric
Lowry, Porter Prescott.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

International Journal of Myriapodology

Volume

4

Pages

149-156

Subjects

Meryta, Araliaceae, French Polynesia, Marquesas, H

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Leiden Brill [2008]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408

 

Abstract

Meryta pastoralis F. Tronchet & Lowry, a new species from the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas archipelago, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Polynesian members of the genus by its fully free ovaries, a feature shared with one other species found in the region, M. choristantha (native to the Austral Islands), from which it can be distinguished by its noticeably different leaf shape. A preliminary conservation assessment indicates that M. pastoralis is Critically Endangered.