TY -JOUR
AU -Niku Das
AU -Dipankar Borah
AU -Dixit Bora
AU -Sangeeta Deka
AU -Saurav Kumar Boruah
AU -Madhusudhan Khanal
TI -<i>Mycetia assamica</i> (Rubiaceae), a new species from Assam, Northeast India
PY -2026
DA -2026-05-31
JO -Taiwania
VL -71
IS -3
SP -526
EP -530
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2198
AB -<i>Mycetia assamica</i> D.Borah, N.Das & Dixit is described as a new species from Assam, India. It closely resembles <i>M. malayana</i> (G.Don) Craib in its lanceolate pubescent stipules, slightly anisophyllous oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, and urceolate corolla, but differs in its deciduous larger stipules, terminal to axillary and longer cymes, larger bracts, entire calyx lobes lacking colleters, longer urceolate corolla tube, finely pubescent externally and pilose in the throat, longer style and a pubescent hypanthium. The species description is accompanied by illustrations and photographs, and information is provided on aspects of its distribution, phenology, ecology, and similarity to other species.
DO -10.6165/tai.2026.71.526