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Issue: Vol. 704 No. 1: 4 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.704.1.6
Page range: 69-78
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Rediscoveries, lectotypifications and new species record of the genus Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) from southwestern Philippines

Department of Forest Sciences, College of Environment and Life Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Naawan 9023, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Department of Forest Biological Science, College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Central Mindanao University, Bukidnon, 8714, Philippines
endangered endemic Ericales taxonomy Zamboanga Eudicots

Abstract

Fieldwork in Zamboanga Peninsula in 2021 resulted in the recollection of endemic Saurauia species. After thorough morphological analysis, the two specimens having cauliflorous inflorescences were identified as Saurauia denticulata and S. zamboangensis, both endemic to Zamboanga Peninsula, while the specimen with axillary inflorescence matched with S. merrillii, a species recorded in the islands of Leyte and Samar so far. Here, we provided amended descriptions of the three Saurauia species and designated lectotypes for S. merrillii and S. zamboangensis. Colored photographs, ecological notes, and provisional IUCN conservation assessments of the three species are also provided.

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How to Cite

Mazo, K.R.F. & Aribal, L.G. (2025) Rediscoveries, lectotypifications and new species record of the genus Saurauia (Actinidiaceae) from southwestern Philippines. Phytotaxa 704 (1): 69–78. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.704.1.6