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Issue: Vol. 42 No. 1 (2012)
Type: Article
Published: 2012-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.6
Page range: 48–50
Abstract views: 12
PDF downloaded: 8

A new species of Melampyrum (Orobanchaceae) from Southern Korea

School of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
Park and Recreation Division, City Government of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Eudicots Melampyrum Korea Orobanchaceae

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.