A new species of Melampyrum (Orobanchaceae) from Southern Korea

KI-JOONG KIM; SEOK-MIN YUN

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.6

Issue: Vol. 42 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Article

Published: 2012-01-26

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.6

Page range: 48–50

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**A new species of Melampyrum (Orobanchaceae) from Southern Korea**

KI-JOONG KIM⁺⁻
SEOK-MIN YUN⁺⁻

School of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea

Park and Recreation Division, City Government of Seoul, Seoul, Korea

Eudicots Melampyrum Korea Orobanchaceae

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Abstract

A new species, Melampyrum koreanum K.-J. Kim & S.-M. Yun, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to M. roseum Maxim. in general habit, but the new species has a corolla tube and style up to 3 cm long. The new species occurs on one of the islands of the southern Korean peninsula.