| Autor: |
Danilo Tandang, Marjorie delos Angeles, Inocencio, Jr. Buot, Mohan Prasad Devkota, Marcos Caraballo-Ortiz |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 1-9 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1314-2828 |
| DOI: |
10.3897/BDJ.10.e78457 |
| Popis: |
The extensive forests over limestone of the Samar Island Natural Park (SINP) on Samar Island, Philippines harbour a rich variety of unique species. In this contribution, we describe and illustrate a new Loranthaceous mistletoe, endemic to Samar Island named Decaisnina tomentosa, representing the 12th member of the genus reported to the Philippines.This new species is similar to D. confertiflora (Merr.) Barlow with respect to the presence of shortly and densely off-white tomentose inflorescence and 6-merous flowers. However, it is unique amongst congeners in having tomentose and partially fused bracteoles which cover almost or entirely the ovary of individual flowers in the triads. To date, D. tomentosa seems to be restricted to the SINP and is only known from a handful of individuals. More studies are needed to properly assess the demography, host range, conservation status and phylogenetic position of this distinctive species of mistletoe. |
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