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Issue: Vol. 507 No. 2: 9 June 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.507.2.9
Page range: 205–210
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

Ardisia pyrotechnica (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae), a new species from Borneo

Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Selangor, 52109, MALAYSIA Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, JAPAN
Center for Asian Conservation Ecology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN The Kagoshima University Museum, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, JAPAN
Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa, 907-1541, JAPAN United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, JAPAN
Sarawak Herbarium, Forest Department Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, 93250, MALAYSIA
Sarawak Herbarium, Forest Department Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, 93250, MALAYSIA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K.
Borneo conservation status Ericales Malesia South-East Asia subgenus Pyrgus Sarawak Eudicots

Abstract

Ardisia pyrotechnica Julius, Tagane & Utteridge (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Sarawak, Borneo. The new species is assigned into Ardisia subgenus Pyrgus based on its inflorescence terminal on specialized lateral branches below the indeterminate primary axis, which is arising directly from the stem. Remarkable for the massive inflorescences subtended by two large elliptic foliose bracts and the large pinkish-white sepals; a preliminary conservation status, photographs and a line illustration are also provided.