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Issue: Vol. 573 No. 1: 17 November 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.7
Page range: 115-122
Abstract views: 278
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Lophopetalum tanahgambut, a new endemic giant tree species from peat swamp forest of Sumatera, Indonesia, with the first pseudoverticillate leaf arrangement in genus Lophopetalum (Celastraceae)

Integrated Tropical Peat Research Program, NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), T-Labs, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411; Natural Kapital Indonesia, Jalan Karna Sosial, No. 88, Pontianak 78121, Indonesia
Integrated Tropical Peat Research Program, NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI), T-Labs, National University of Singapore, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411; ConservationLinks, 100, Commonwealth Crescent, #08-80, Singapore 140100; BirdLife International, The David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, U.K.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AE, U.K.
Celastraceae flora of Sumatera Lophopetalae Lophopetalum tanahgambut new tree species rawa gambut Eudicots

Abstract

A new large tree species from peat swamp forest of Sumatera, Indonesia is described here with new notes on vegetative characters for the genus. Colour plates, as well as distribution, habitat, phenology, uses and observation notes are provided.

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How to Cite

Randi, A., Wijedasa, L.S. & Utteridge, T.M. (2022)

Lophopetalum tanahgambut, a new endemic giant tree species from peat swamp forest of Sumatera, Indonesia, with the first pseudoverticillate leaf arrangement in genus Lophopetalum (Celastraceae)

. Phytotaxa 573 (1): 115–122. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.1.7