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- Title
A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia.
- Authors
Tronchet, Frédéric; Lowry II, Porter P.
- 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, M. choristantha (native to the Austral Islands), from which it can be distinguished by its ovate to spatulate (vs. elliptic to obovate) leaf shape. A preliminary risk of extinction assessment indicates that M. pastoralis is Critically Endangered.
- Subjects
MARQUESAS Islands (French Polynesia); AUSTRAL Islands (French Polynesia); FRENCH Polynesia; ENDANGERED plants; LEAVES
- Publication
PhytoKeys, 2011, p149
- ISSN
1314-2011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408