Bopopia, a new monotypic genus of Gesneriaceae (Gesnerioideae, Coronanthereae) from New Caledonia
Author
Morel, Jérémie
Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France. DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Montpellier, France.
morel.jeremie63@gmail.com
Author
Duminil, Jérôme
jerome.duminil@ird.fr
Author
Munzinger, Jérôme
Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France. DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Montpellier, France.
jerome.munzinger@ird.fr
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-03-01
736
82
101
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1253
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1253
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Genus
Bopopia
Munzinger & J.R.Morel
gen. nov.
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Type species
Bopopia parviflora
Munzinger & J.R.Morel
gen. et sp. nov.
, by present designation.
Diagnosis
Bopopia
gen. nov.
differs from other genera of
Coronanthereae
in its inflorescence: an axillary indeterminate thyrse with ultimate axes being pair-flowered cymes and inferior axes being indeterminate thyrses with three to five levels of branching (vs 3-flowered cymes or solitary flowers); it differs from
Depanthus
in floral symmetry (zygomorphy vs actinomorphy), stamen number (4 vs 5); from
Negria
in inserted (vs exserted) stamens, and connate (vs free) anthers; from
Lenbrassia
in bilobed (vs spatulate) stigma.
Etymology
The genus is named after the land and people of Bopope (Pŵpŵp), in the vicinity of Mt Katalupaik.