A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia

Abstract. Meryta pastoralis F. Tronchet & Lowry, a new species from the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas archipelago, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Polynesian members of the genus by its fully free ovaries, a feature shared with one other species found in the region, Mery...

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Autores principales: Tronchet, Frédéric, Lowry II, Porter P.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408
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description Abstract. Meryta pastoralis F. Tronchet & Lowry, a new species from the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas archipelago, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Polynesian members of the genus by its fully free ovaries, a feature shared with one other species found in the region, Meryta choristantha (native to the Austral Islands), distinguished by its ovate to spatulate (vs. elliptic to obovate) leaf shape. A preliminary risk of extinction assessment indicates that Meryta pastoralis is Critically Endangered.
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spelling pubmed-31744412011-12-14 A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia Tronchet, Frédéric Lowry II, Porter P. PhytoKeys Article Abstract. Meryta pastoralis F. Tronchet & Lowry, a new species from the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas archipelago, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Polynesian members of the genus by its fully free ovaries, a feature shared with one other species found in the region, Meryta choristantha (native to the Austral Islands), distinguished by its ovate to spatulate (vs. elliptic to obovate) leaf shape. A preliminary risk of extinction assessment indicates that Meryta pastoralis is Critically Endangered. Pensoft Publishers 2011-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3174441/ /pubmed/22171187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408 Text en Frédéric Tronchet, Porter P. Lowry II http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia
title_full A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia
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title_short A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia
title_sort new species of meryta (araliaceae) from the marquesas archipelago, french polynesia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174441/
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