TAPEINOSPERMA ALATUM (MYRSINACEAE) - A REMARKABLE NEW SPECIES FROM CERAM

Authors
HOLLAND DE STEVENS PF
Citation
De. Holland et Pf. Stevens, TAPEINOSPERMA ALATUM (MYRSINACEAE) - A REMARKABLE NEW SPECIES FROM CERAM, Blumea, 43(2), 1998, pp. 347-350
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Blumea → ACNP
ISSN journal
00065196
Volume
43
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
347 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-5196(1998)43:2<347:TA(-AR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A new pachycaul species Tapeinosperma alatum D.E. Holland & P.F. Steve ns (Myrsinaceae) is described from South Central Ceram. It is characte rized by its huge leaves, over 1 m long, and congested, almost Gunnera -like inflorescence. The distinctive distribution of the Papuasian pac hycaul species of Tapeinosperma is briefly compared with that of a num ber of other unrelated taxa.