A NEW SPECIES OF WIKSTROEMIA (THYMELAEACEAE) FROM HIVA OA, MARQUESAS ISLANDS

Authors
WAGNER WL LORENCE DH
Citation
Wl. Wagner et Dh. Lorence, A NEW SPECIES OF WIKSTROEMIA (THYMELAEACEAE) FROM HIVA OA, MARQUESAS ISLANDS, Novon, 8(3), 1998, pp. 318-320
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Novon → ACNP
ISSN journal
10553177
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
318 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-3177(1998)8:3<318:ANSOW(>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A new species, Wikstroemia johnplewsii, is described and illustrated. This distinctive species is restricted to upper montane mesic to wet f orest on the island of Hiva Oa (Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia) ; it differs from the only other Wikstroemia species in the Marquesas, W. coriacea, which occurs widely in Polynesia, by its ovate-elliptic to suborbicular, subsessile leaves and long, 9-27-flowered, racemose i nflorescences with an elongate peduncle and inflorescence axis.