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Issue: Vol. 266 No. 1: 17 June 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.8
Page range: 48–52
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Lepeostegeres cebuensis (Loranthaceae), a new mistletoe species from Cebu, Philippines

School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-6509, USA
Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc., Bacolod office, South Capitol Road, Bacolod City 6100, Negros Occidental, Philippines
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140
Alcoy Nug-as forest parasitic plant south Cebu taxonomy Eudicots Philippines

Abstract

Lepeostegeres cebuensis is described as a new species from Cebu Island, Philippines. It is unique among currently known species in the genus by having peculiar ridges of orange-brown scales on the young leaves and internodes. This discovery brings the total number of Philippine Lepeostegeres species to three. We consider Lepeostegeres cebuensis to be Data Deficient (DD) following the Red List Criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).