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Decalepidanthus flavescens Dickore & Hilger 2015, comb. nov.

  • 1. Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Systematische Botanik, Altensteinstrasse 6, D- 14195 Berlin, Germany.

Description

Decalepidanthus flavescens (Rafiq) Dickoré & Hilger, comb. nov.

Basionym:— Pseudomertensia flavescens Rafiq (1996: 296). Type:— PAKISTAN. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Kohistan, Palas Valley, Tikoh Sar, 3000–3500 m, 16 June 1994, R.A.Rafiq 14291 (holo RAW, iso W!).

This taxon is known only from the type (“fls. yellow”), and of one other specimen collected nearby (Palas Valley, Magri–Shushe bek, 2200–2900 m, R.A.Rafiq 14192 (W!, “fl. white”). Other than by discoloured (albino?) corollas, it may not differ substantially from D. trollii.

Notes

Published as part of Dickoré, W. Bernhard & Hilger, Hartmut H., 2015, Decalepidanthus (Boraginaceae) includes and antedates Pseudomertensia; a synopsis of the genus, pp. 131-143 in Phytotaxa 226 (2) on page 140, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.226.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13636204

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dickore & Hilger
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Decalepidanthus
Species
flavescens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Decalepidanthus flavescens (Dickore, 2015) sec. Dickoré & Hilger, 2015

References

  • Rafiq, R. A. (1996) Three new species from Palas Valley, District Kohistan, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Novon 6: 295 - 297. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 3392097