Research Paper

Taxonomic studies of Araceae in Myanmar III: Typhonium aungmyintwinii, a new species from Mogok Township, Mandalay Region

Khant Zaw Hein, Mark Arcebal K. Naive

Published on: 15 October 2021

Page: 455 - 458

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2021.66.455

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    Abstract

    Typhonium aungmyintwinii K.Z.Hein & Naive is herein described and illustrated as a species new to science discovered in Mogok Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. Detailed description, colour plate, distribution, phenology and ecology of this new endemic Typhonium species are provided below.

    Keyword: Areae, Aroideae, Biodiversity, Burma, Southeast Asian Flora, Typhonium inopinatum, T. roxburghii, T. varians

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