TY -JOUR
AU -Wen-Bin Xu
AU -Yan-Ling Liu
AU -Jing-Jing Yan
AU -Jian-Yong Shen
TI -Marsdenia burmanica (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Kachin, Myanmar
PY -2022
DA -2022-08-13
JO -Taiwania
VL -67
IS -3
SP -450
EP -454
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1861
AB -Marsdenia burmanica Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen (Apocynaceae), a new species from Hongga Mountain, Putao County, Kachin State, Myanmar, is described and illustrated. It is similar to M. hainanensis, M. sinensis, and M. tenii, but differs from them by campanulate flowers, fusiform gynostegium exserted from the corolla tube, 2-cleft stigma head, purple corolla and a corona of 2 oval protrusions at the base of the corona. Photographs, line drawing, distribution, comparison with related species, and a conservation assessment are provided for this rarely observed species.
DO -10.6165/tai.2022.67.450