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Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-04
Page range: 45–53
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Sarcolobus cambogensis (Marsdenieae, Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae): A new rheophytic shrub from Cambodia

Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
Department of Biological Science, Daegu University, Gyungsan, Gyungbuk 712–714, Korea (R.O.K.)
Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St., Philadelphia PA 19104 USA Botany Department, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
Cambodia Indochina Cardamom Region Koh Kung Province

Abstract

A new species of Apocynaceae from Cambodia, Sarcolobus cambogensis McHone & Livsh., is described and illustrated. Specimens of the new species, all from the Central Cardamom Region, Koh Kong Province, have morphological characters diagnostic of Sarcolobus (truncate stylehead apices and oblong corpuscula). Like Sarcolobus luzonensis (Warb.) P.I. Forst. and S. borneensis (van Steenis) P.I. Forst., S. cambogensis has a rheophytic, shrubby habit, unusual in both Sarcolobus and Apocynaceae. It differs from the latter two species in its broader leaves, larger corona, and wider caudicles.