Ophiorrhiza monsvictoriae (Rubiaceae, Rubioideae), a new species from Myanmar

By

Zhou, Shi-Shun
Li, Ren
Quan, Rui-Chang
Shine, Law
Duan, Lin-Dong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

138

Pages

219--223

Subjects

NatmaTaung (Mt. Victoria) National Park , new taxon , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.138.38966

 

Abstract

A new species, Ophiorrhiza monsvictoriae S.S.Zhou & L.D.Duan, discovered at Natma Taung (Mt.Victoria) National Park, Chin State, Myanmar, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to O. dulongensis, but differs from the latter by its stipules broadly triangular, 2–4 mm long, inflorescence axillary, 1-flowered, bracts lanceolate to subulate, 1–2 mm long, puberulous, calyx pilose, 1–2 mm long, lobes and tube equal length, corolla narrowly funnelform, 15 mm long, puberulous outside.