Vaccinium paradoxum M.N.Tamayo & P.W.Fritsch

, Taiwania 67(3): 409 (2022).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77309090-1
Publication
Taiwania. Taipei
Collation
67(3): 409
Date of Publication
20 Jul 2022
Family as entered in IPNI
Ericaceae

Type Information

Locality
Luzon Island, Isabela Province, Municipality of Palanan, Digallorin (Digollorin), Divinisa camp site, Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP), c. 20 m
Collection Date
4 Jun 1992
Type Herbaria
holotype A 02006775
isotype CAHUP 61178
isotype L L2621498
Distribution Of Types
Philippines (Malesia, Asia-Tropical)

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.6165/tai.2022.67.408 Etymology: 'The epithet “paradoxum” is from the Latin meaning, in part, puzzling or unusual. This is in reference to the unique presence of sessile glands borne on the pedicel and predominantly near the centre of the calyx lobes of the new species'.