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Issue: Vol. 640 No. 1: 7 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.1.7
Page range: 65-70
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

Argostemma mirae (Rubiaceae) a new species from Tago, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao Island, Philippines

College of Arts & Sciences Department, Saint Theresa College of Tandag, Tandag City 8300, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
Philippine National Herbarium, Botany and National Herbarium Division, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the Philippines, T. M. Kalaw St., Manila 1000, Philippines. Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan. Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
College of Science and Research Center for the Natural and Applied Science, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila 1015, Philippines.
Argostemma solaniflorum corolla lithophytic medicinal plants Surigao provinces Eudicots

Abstract

We describe Argostemma mirae (Rubiaceae) a new species from Mt. Tingtingan, Badong, Tago, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao Island, Philippines. It grows on a shady mossy limestone forest on a lower elevation. A. mirae resembles A. solaniflorum in having branching and pubescent stems, oblanceolate leaves, pubescent petioles, terminal to axillary inflorescence, and white corollas but differs in having shorter stems, smaller leaf blades, 4 calyx lobes and 4 corollas. Based on IUCN criteria we proposed data deficient (DD) since there is only one population currently known.

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