Paralasianthus lowianus (King & Gamble) H. Zhu, 2015

Zhu, Hua, 2015, Paralasianthus (Rubiaceae), a new genus from Southeast Asia, Phytotaxa 202 (4), pp. 273-278 : 276

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.202.4.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13639944
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/063387C5-236C-7F0D-FF78-5F9CFE903721
treatment provided by	Felipe (2024-09-03 06:00:52, last updated 2024-09-03 07:45:39)
scientific name	Paralasianthus lowianus (King & Gamble) H. Zhu
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

4. Paralasianthus lowianus (King & Gamble) H. Zhu View in CoL , comb. nov.

Basionym:— Lasianthus lowianus King & Gamble (1909: 871) View in CoL . Saprosma lowiana (King & Gamble) H. Zhu (2001: 148) View in CoL . Lasianthus lucidus King & Gamble (1904: 132) View in CoL , nom. illeg., non Blume (1826). Lectotype:—MALAY PENINSULA. Selangor, s.d., King’s College 2840 (L (L 0305973), here designated).

Syntypes:— MALAY PENINSULA. Selangor, H. N. Ridley 8547 ( K!) ; Malacca, s.d., A. C. Maingay s.n. (not seen) ; Penang, s.d., C. C. Curtis 946 ( K!) ; Kedah, H. N. Ridley 5594 (not seen) .

Lasianthus virgatus Craib (1933: 28) View in CoL . Type:— THAILAND. Trang, s.d. A.F.G. Kerr 15226 (holotype K! (K 000764000)).

Distribution —South Thailand, Malaysia (Malay Peninsula) and Indonesia (Sumatra).

Notes.—This species has sessile cymes, 2(–3)-pyrenate drupes, and pyrenes somewhat cork-like, thickened on the adaxial side.

References

Blume, C. L. (1826 - 1827) Flora Nederlandsch Indie (Bijdragen). Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia, pp. 995 - 1001.

Craib, W. G. (1933) Contributions to the flora of Siam. Add. 38. Kew Bulletin 1933: 18 - 30.

King, G. & Gamble, J. S. (1904) Lasianthus Jack. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 73: 106 - 133.

King, G. & Gamble, J. S. (1909) Addend. - Corrig. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 74: 871.

Zhu, H. (2001) A taxonomic revision of the genus Lasianthus Jack (Rubiaceae) from Thailand. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 39 (2): 116 - 150.

Abbreviations

H	University of Helsinki
N	Nanjing University
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
A	Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum
C	University of Copenhagen

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Rubiaceae
Genus	Paralasianthus