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Paralasianthus lowianus H. Zhu 2015, comb. nov.

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Description

4.Paralasianthus lowianus (King & Gamble) H. Zhu, comb. nov.

Basionym:— Lasianthus lowianus King & Gamble (1909: 871). Saprosma lowiana (King & Gamble) H. Zhu (2001: 148). Lasianthus lucidus King & Gamble (1904: 132), nom. illeg., non Blume (1826). Lectotype:—MALAY PENINSULA. Selangor, s.d., King’s College 2840 (L (L 0305973), here designated).

Syntypes:— MALAY PENINSULA. Selangor, H. N. Ridley 8547 (K!); Malacca, s.d., A. C. Maingay s.n. (not seen); Penang, s.d., C. C. Curtis 946 (K!); Kedah, H. N. Ridley 5594 (not seen).

Lasianthus virgatus Craib (1933: 28). Type:— THAILAND. Trang, s.d. A.F.G. Kerr 15226 (holotype K! (K 000764000)).

Distribution —South Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula) and Indonesia (Sumatra).

Notes.—This species has sessile cymes, 2(–3)-pyrenate drupes, and pyrenes somewhat cork-like, thickened on the adaxial side.

Notes

Published as part of Zhu, Hua, 2015, Paralasianthus (Rubiaceae), a new genus from Southeast Asia, pp. 273-278 in Phytotaxa 202 (4) on page 276, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.202.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/13639920

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
A, C , C, K , H, N , MALAY, PENINSULA, H, N, K
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Paralasianthus
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Gentianales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
H. Zhu
Species
lowianus
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Paralasianthus lowianus (King, 2015) sec. Zhu, 2015

References

  • King, G. & Gamble, J. S. (1909) Addend. - Corrig. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 74: 871.
  • Zhu, H. (2001) A taxonomic revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Thailand. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 39 (2): 116 - 150.
  • King, G. & Gamble, J. S. (1904) Lasianthus Jack. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 73: 106 - 133.
  • Blume, C. L. (1826 - 1827) Flora Nederlandsch Indie (Bijdragen). Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia, pp. 995 - 1001.
  • Craib, W. G. (1933) Contributions to the flora of Siam. Add. 38. Kew Bulletin 1933: 18 - 30.