Maesa pusilliflora Sumanon & Utteridge

, Phytotaxa 505(3): 255 (2021).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77219883-1
Publication
Phytotaxa
Collation
505(3): 255
Date of Publication
1 Jun 2021
Family as entered in IPNI
Myrsinaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
W.Takeuchi 4645
Locality
Morobe Province: near Ilauru, basin of the upper Bulolo River, 1005.4 m
Collection Date
19 Aug 1989
Type Herbaria
holotype BISH
isotype A
isotype K
isotype L
Latitude
7° 7' S
Longitude
146° 36' E
Distribution Of Types
Papua New Guinea (New Guinea, Papuasia, Asia-Tropical)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.505.3.1 The epithet is derived from the Latin word ‘pusilli’ and the word ‘flora’ with reference to its tiny flowers; whilst all species of the genus have small flowers, the corolla of this species is obviously smaller comparative to the hypanthium size.