- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77219884-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 505(3): 256
- Date of Publication
- 1 Jun 2021
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Myrsinaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- P.F.Stevens & Y.Lelean LAE 58298
- Locality
- East New Britain District: Pomio Subdistrict, lower slopes of Mt Lululua, 1250 m
- Collection Date
- 6 May 1973
- Type Herbaria
- holotype K
isotype BISH
isotype CANB
isotype L
isotype M - Latitude
- 5° 43' S
- Longitude
- 151° 2' E
- Distribution Of Types
- Papua New Guinea (New Guinea, Papuasia, Asia-Tropical)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.505.3.1 The specific epithet refers to the prolate, ellipsoid fruit of this new species, a feature found in this taxon and in M. sayersii Sleumer.