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31 December 2021 Decaisnina samaense (Loranthaceae): A New Mistletoe Species from Simunul Island, Philippines
Arkady A. Tahil
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Abstract

Decaisnina samaense, a new species of Loranthaceae from the Island of Simunul, Southern Philippines, is hereby described and illustrated. It is distinguished from all Decaisnina species by having narrowly lanceolate and narrowly ovate-lanceolate leaf laminae with a remarkable acuminate apex, flower buds being globularly inflated at the base with corolla color being yellow in the lower half and pastel green in the upper half and often blackish at the tip, and inflorescence consistently produce both triads and peduncles along the axis. It is related to Decaisnina stenopetala and D. zollingeri by exhibiting globular inflation at the base of the flower buds but differs from the two by having longer bracts, longer anthers, and the free part of the filament shorter. Decaisnina samaense is hereby assessed as Critically Endangered (CR B1, B2a&c, D).

© President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2021
Arkady A. Tahil "Decaisnina samaense (Loranthaceae): A New Mistletoe Species from Simunul Island, Philippines," Harvard Papers in Botany 26(2), 471-474, (31 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v26iss2.2021.n13
Published: 31 December 2021
KEYWORDS
Decaisnina
globular inflation
Loranthaceae
mistletoe
Simunul Island
taxonomy
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