Floristic discoveries from the LNG Pipeline in Papua New Guinea: Macaranga esseriana sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae), and noteworthy records for twelve taxa from the southern provinces

WAYNE TAKEUCHI

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.56.1.8

Issue: Vol. 56 No. 1 (2012)

Type: Article

Published: 2012-06-07

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.56.1.8

Page range: 35–58

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**Floristic discoveries from the LNG Pipeline in Papua New Guinea: Macaranga esseriana sp. nov. (Euphorbiaceae), and noteworthy records for twelve taxa from the southern provinces**

WAYNE TAKEUCHI⁺⁻

Harvard University Herbaria (retired), 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Eudicots Aceratium Coelospermum Discocalyx Dysoxylum Elaeocarpus floristic records Helicia karst Macaranga Marsdenia Phyllanthus Radiogrammitis Syzygium

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Abstract

Macaranga esseriana is described from previously unknown habitats along the LNG Pipeline in Papua New Guinea. Noteworthy records from the southern provinces are also presented for 12 taxonomically significant species, including Aceratium pittosporoides (Elaeocarpaceae), Coelospermum salomoniense (Rubiaceae), Discocalyx latepetiolata (Myrsinaceae), Dysoxylum pettigrewianum (Meliaceae), Elaeocarpus bilobatus (Elaeocarpaceae), E. lingualis, Helicia acutifolia (Proteaceae), Macaranga tsonane (Euphorbiaceae), Marsdenia grandis (Apocynaceae), Phyllanthus papuanus (Phyllanthaceae), Radiogrammitis ornatissima (Grammitidaceae), and Syzygium ubogoensis (Myrtaceae).