Taxonomic studies of Glochidion (Phyllanthaceae) from the Indo-China Peninsula (I): G. shanense, a new species from Myanmar

By

Yao, Gang
Cai, Jie
Wu, Youheng
Yang, Xuefei
Oo, Thaung
Moe, Aung
Luo, Shixiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

96

Pages

57-62

Subjects

Glochidion , Morphology , Myanmar , Phyllanthaceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.96.24497

 

Abstract

Based on morphological studies performed on live plants in the field and specimens deposited in herbaria, a new species, Glochidionshanense Gang Yao & Shixiao Luo (Phyllantheae, Phyllanthaceae), is here described and illustrated. The species is morphologically most similar to G.ellipticum Wight, but can be distinguished from the latter by having hairy branchlets, longer pedicels, uniseriate and narrowly triangular sepals of female flowers, 4–5-locular ovaries, stout and cylindric persistent style on fruits.