STUDIES IN THE PENDULOUS-FLOWERED SPECIES OF RUSTIA (RUBIACEAE, CONDAMINEEAE), INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES, RUSTIA-SCHUNKEANA

Authors
Citation
Pg. Delprete, STUDIES IN THE PENDULOUS-FLOWERED SPECIES OF RUSTIA (RUBIACEAE, CONDAMINEEAE), INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES, RUSTIA-SCHUNKEANA, Brittonia, 48(1), 1996, pp. 29-34
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
0007196X
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
29 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(1996)48:1<29:SITPSO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
During a revision of the genus Rustia, the two pendulous-flowered taxa , R. secundiflora and R. splendens, are here lectotypified and found t o be synonymous. Examination of specimens identified as R. secundiflor a have revealed an additional pendulous-flowered species: R. schunkean a. A key to the four species of Rustia with pendulous flowers is provi ded.