Mitrephora monocarpa (Annonaceae): a new species from Surat Thani Province, Peninsular Thailand

By

Saunders, Richard M. K.
Chalermglin, Piya

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

121

Pages

73-80

Subjects

Annonaceae , Mitrephora monocarpa , new species , Thailand

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.121.34271

 

Abstract

A new species, Mitrephoramonocarpa R.M.K.Saunders & Chalermglin, sp. nov. (Annonaceae), is described from Surat Thani Province in Peninsular Thailand. It resembles two other species, M.alba Ridl. and M.keithii Ridl., with which it is broadly sympatric, but can be distinguished by its solitary flowers (not borne in thyrsoid inflorescences as in most other Mitrephora species), single carpel per flower (and hence single monocarp per fruit) and the lack of a monocarp stipe. A key to the nine Mitrephora species in Thailand is provided.