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Issue: Vol. 347 No. 4: 20 April 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.347.4.4
Page range: 279–284
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Erythroxylum calyptratum (Erythroxylaceae), a new species from Mt. Fansipan, northern Vietnam

Laboratory of Forest Resources and Society, Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-21-24, Kagoshima, 890-8580, Japan.
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. Department of Biology, Dalat University, 01 – Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Dalat, Vietnam.
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. Department of Biology, Dalat University, 01 – Phu Dong Thien Vuong, Dalat, Vietnam.
Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Ha Noi, 10999, Vietnam.
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907-1541 Japan.
The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907-1541 Japan.
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
DNA barcoding flora Hoang Lien National Park Malpighiales taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Erythroxylum calyptratum, sp. nov. (Erythroxylaceae), from Mt. Fansipan, Hoang Lien National Park, Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam, is newly described. The new species is characterized by thinly chartaceous leaves with 2–3 mm long petiole, 1–3 flowered inflorescences, downward facing white flowers, well-developed petal appendages (1/3–1/2 length of petals) and entirely free 3 styles. A description, illustrations, DNA barcodes of rbcL and matK and a key to the species of Erythroxylum in Indochina are provided.