Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines

Abstract. A new species, Medinillatheresae Fernando, from ultramafic soils on Dinagat and Mindanao Islands, Philippines is described and illustrated. The species is characterized by its terrestrial erect habit, non-setose nodes, 3-plinerved, lanceolate and coriaceous leaves arranged in whorls, cauli...

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Autores principales: Fernando, Edwino S., Quakenbush, J. Peter, Lillo, Edgardo P., Ong, Perry S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30584396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.113.30027
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author Fernando, Edwino S.
Quakenbush, J. Peter
Lillo, Edgardo P.
Ong, Perry S.
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description Abstract. A new species, Medinillatheresae Fernando, from ultramafic soils on Dinagat and Mindanao Islands, Philippines is described and illustrated. The species is characterized by its terrestrial erect habit, non-setose nodes, 3-plinerved, lanceolate and coriaceous leaves arranged in whorls, cauline or axillary and pendulous inflorescences, rounded flower buds, 4-merous flowers, and straight anthers. It is compared with other similar species in the Medinillapendula Merr. complex.
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spelling pubmed-62990562018-12-24 Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines Fernando, Edwino S. Quakenbush, J. Peter Lillo, Edgardo P. Ong, Perry S. PhytoKeys Research Article Abstract. A new species, Medinillatheresae Fernando, from ultramafic soils on Dinagat and Mindanao Islands, Philippines is described and illustrated. The species is characterized by its terrestrial erect habit, non-setose nodes, 3-plinerved, lanceolate and coriaceous leaves arranged in whorls, cauline or axillary and pendulous inflorescences, rounded flower buds, 4-merous flowers, and straight anthers. It is compared with other similar species in the Medinillapendula Merr. complex. Pensoft Publishers 2018-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6299056/ /pubmed/30584396 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.113.30027 Text en Edwino S. Fernando, J. Peter Quakenbush, Edgardo P. Lillo, Perry S. Ong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ong, Perry S.
Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title_full Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title_fullStr Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title_short Medinillatheresae (Melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Philippines
title_sort medinillatheresae (melastomataceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the philippines
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30584396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.113.30027
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