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Issue: Vol. 419 No. 2: 2 October 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.419.2.11
Page range: 232–238
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Heterostemma barikiana (Apocyanceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from India, Myanmar and Thailand

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
The Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, 259569 Singapore
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Asclepiadaceae Ceropegieae Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Heterostemma, H. barikiana, is described and illustrated. The new species is similar to Heterostemma xuansonense in the absent or very reduced peduncle and in the presence of a pubescent staminal corona.