Research Paper

Notes on the Flora of Taiwan (11)—melastomataceae

Shing-Fan Huang, Tseng-Chieng Huang

Published on: June 1991

Page: 117 - 135

DOI: 10.6165/tai.1991.36.117

Abstract

This study is based on dry specimens. Nineteen taxa belonging to 11 genera are treated. Bredia rotundifoia is treated as B. hirsute var. rotundifolia and Sarcopyramis delicate as S. napalensis var. delicate. Bredia penduliflora is treated as a synonym of B. gibba. Some species are treated by following author’s opinion, such as Barthea formosana as B. barthei, Osbeckia crinita as O. opipara, Sarcopiramis bodinieri as S. napalensis var. bodinieri. Lectotype of Medinilla hayataina is proposed. Notes are given. Convenient keys, mainly based on vegetative organ, are also proposed.

中文摘要

本研究以乾燥標本為主,總共處理11屬包含19個分類群,其中圓葉布勒德藤(Bredia rotundifoia) 布勒德藤(Bredia scandens),東方肉穗草(Sarcopyramis delicate)及肉穗草(Sarcopyramis bodinieri)處理為變種;垂序布勒德藤(Bredia penduliflora)處理為小金石榴(Bredia gibba)之異名;深山野牡丹(Barthea formosana)為棱果花(Barthea barthei)之異名;闊葉金錦香(Osbeckia crinita)更正為朝天罐(Osbeckia opipara);並從蘭嶼野牡丹藤(Medinilla hayataina)之等價模式標本(syntype)中選取模式標本(lectotype)。文中每一種屬皆加入檢索表,有問題之分類群亦加附註解。

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