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Issue: Vol. 505 No. 3: 1 June 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.505.3.1
Page range: 245–261
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Six new species of Maesa (Primulaceae) from Papua New Guinea

Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Building 1540, Ny Munkegade 116, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Building 1540, Ny Munkegade 116, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Building 1540, Ny Munkegade 116, DK-8000 Aarhus-C, Denmark
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Ericales Malesia Myrsinaceae Papua New Guinea Papuasia taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Six new species of Maesa (Primulaceae-Maesoideae) from Papua New Guinea, namely M. angustibracteolata, M. aurulenta, M. brassii, M. oblanceolatifolia, M. pusilliflora and M. prolatifructa are described and illustrated based on observations from herbarium specimens; the taxonomic affinities of each species are also discussed.