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Issue: Vol. 606 No. 2: 28 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.606.2.7
Page range: 164-168
Abstract views: 139
PDF downloaded: 11

Recollection and new data on the distribution of Aeschynanthus elmeri (Gesneriaceae) from the island of Mindanao, Southern Philippines

Center for Integrative Conservation; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Mengla; Yunnan 666303; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China.
Eudicots Didymocarpoideae endangered endemic Trichosporeae Zamboanga Peninsula

Abstract

Recent fieldwork within Zamboanga peninsula revealed the recollection of the poorly known Philippine endemic Gesneriaceae species, Aeschynanthus elmeri. The name is herein lectotypified and a detailed description based on our recent collections, comparison to its closely similar species, ecology, updated geographical distribution information and a provisional IUCN conservation assessment is provided below.

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