Alpinia laosensis, the correct name for a species previously misidentified as A. conchigera
Autor: | Juan Chen, Keooudone Souvannakhoummane, Xing-Er Ye, Quoc Binh Nguyen, Khang Sinh Nguyen |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Liliopsida 010607 zoology Zingiberales Alpinia Plant Science Biodiversity Biology biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Critical examination Tracheophyta Herbarium Type (biology) Zingiberaceae Botany Correct name Plantae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Labellum Taxonomy |
Popis: | Alpinia laosensis was previously placed in synonymy under A. conchigera. However, a critical examination of herbarium specimens (including type material) and living plants of A. laosensis and A. conchigera reveals that they are two separate species. Alpinia laosensis can be distinguished from A. conchigera by the shape of its fruits, shape and size of leaves and colour of labellum. We therefore reinstate A. laosensis as an independent species. A detailed description of A. laosensis together with a distribution map of both species are provided. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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