Diplycosia platyphylla (Ericaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines

By

Fritsch, Peter
Amoroso, Victor B.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

69

Pages

31-38

Subjects

Diplycosia , Ericaceae , Gaultherieae , Mindanao , Mount Apo , new species , Philippines

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.69.9466

 

Abstract

Diplycosia platyphylla P.W.Fritsch, a new species from Mindanao Island, Philippines, is described and illustrated. This species is most similar to the Bornean D. urceolata but differs by its green or slightly flushed pink petioles 4–7 mm long, wider leaf blades, acute calyx lobe apices, and lavender mature fruiting calyx. The new species is known only from a single collection made from Mount Apo in North Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao.