Research Paper

Notes on the flora of Taiwan(18)—Tribulus L. (Zygophyllaceae)

Tseng-Chieng Huang and Tsung-Hsin Hsieh

Published on: June 1994

Page: 61 - 71

DOI: 10.6165/tai.1994.39.61

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    Abstract

    After close studies of literature and type photos of Tribulus cistoides, externalflora- and pollen- morphology and chromosome counts of Taiwan materials available in TAI-herbarium, We propose a new species, T. taiwanense Huang & Hsieh sp. nov. in this paper. Keywords: Tribulus cistoides, T. taiwanense, Taxonomy.

    中文摘要

    根據文獻和模式標本微縮影本任文台灣本島並沒有大花蒺藜（Tribulus cistoides L.），而東沙島則有該種的分布。本文從外部形態、花部形態和花粉來比較大花蒺藜和省產2種蒺藜，確認為3個不同的分類群，分別為大花蒺藜、蒺藜（T. terrestris L.）歐喔L和臺灣蒺藜（T. taiwanense Huang & Hsieh）。本文並報導染色體數目，蒺藜2n=36，而台灣蒺藜2n=24。

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