A monograph of the Anisophylleaceae (Cucurbitales) with description of 18 new species of Anisophyllea
Author
Chen, Xin
Author
He, Hai
Author
Zhang, Li-Bing
1 Department of Botany, College of Boology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd., Xuanwu Qu, Nanjing, 210037, P. R. China 2 College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Shapingba, Chongqing 400047, P. R. China 3 Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166 - 0299, U. S. A. and Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 416, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China * Authors for correspondence: e-mails: hehaicq @ yahoo. com; libing. zhang @ mobot. org
hehaicq@yahoo.com
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Phytotaxa
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.229.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.229.1.1
1179-3163
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25.
Anisophyllea glandibeccariana
Li Bing Zhang, Xin Chen & H.He
,
sp. nov.
(
Figure 48
).
Type
:—
MALAYSIA
.
Sarawak
:
Gunung Buri
, 75th mile.1
st
/2
nd
Division
boundary,
750 m
,
21 September 1975
,
P
.
J
. Martin &
O
. Ismawi
S
. 36913
(
holotype
MO-2728085
!,
isotype
L-0520552!)
.
Diagnosis:—
Anisophyllea glandibeccariana
is most similar to
A. insularis
in its eglandular Flowers, but the former has flowers polygamous, bisexual flowers sessile, 2.2–3.0 mm, male flowers to
1.6 mm
long, with pedicels to
1 mm
long; styles of bisexual flowers pubescent; young branches and buds pubescent. In contrast, the latter has flowers bisexual, sessile, 1.1–1.3(–2) mm long; styles glabrous; young branches and buds pannose.
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FIGURE 48.
Anisophyllea glandibeccariana
Li Bing Zhang, Xin Chen & H.He
(
Martin & Ismawi 36913
). —A. Flowering branch. —B. Bisexual flower. —C. Male flower. —D. Petal. —E. Episepalous stamen. —F. Epipetalous stamen. —G. Styles and disk of bisexual flower. —H. Styles and disk of male flower (B–H drawn by Jing Chen & Fang Cui).
MONOGRAPH OF
ANISOPHYLLEACEAE
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Trees
to
24 m
tall,
56 cm
in diam.; bark grayish, young branches pubescent with brown patent hairs ca.
0.25 mm
long, and also with transparent protuberant glands; buds sparsely pubescent.
Leaves
dimorphic, internodes between similar
types
of leaves 1.3–3.0 cm, between two adjacent different
types
of leaves
3–7 mm
;
small leaves
caducous, only leaving very small scars visible on young branches;
large leaves
petiolate, petioles to
5 mm
long,
1.2 mm
in diam., furrowed adaxially, pubescent as young branches when young, glabrescent when mature, glandular; leaf blade elliptic or ovate, 5.5–9.0 cm long,
3–4 cm
wide, base slightly oblique, acute, apex acuminate or caudate with tips to
1.2 cm
long, margins often slightly revolute, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, densely glandular with transparent protuberant glands
0.06–0.10 mm
in diam.,
0.10–0.54 mm
distant; main longitudinal veins 5, springing from blade base, midrib straight and bold, impressed adaxially and raised abaxially, lateral main veins rather fine and close to blade margins, outermost two veins nearly confluent with blade margins, slightly prominent on both surfaces; transverse veins irregular, ones from midrib curved towards blade apex and as conspicuous as lateral main veins, hence resulting in a pinnate-like venation; veinlets reticulate, slightly prominent on both surfaces.
Inflorescence
axillary, supra-axillary or at base of young branches, in serials, usually branched at base, with bisexual and male flowers in same inflorescence; rachis to
4.5 cm
long,
0.4 mm
in diam., pannose with brownish hairs ca.
0.25 mm
long, rather remotely with flowers (floral internodes
0.6–2.5 mm
long); bracts lanceolate,
0.5–1.1 mm
long,
0.3 mm
wide, glabrous adaxially, pannose abaxially, margins ciliate;
flowers
polygamous, 4-merous, bright yellow;
bisexual flowers
2.2–3.0 mm long, sessile, sparsely pubescent outside with brownish hairs
0.06–0.10 mm
long; receptacle cylindric, 1.0–
1.2 mm
long, to
1.2 mm
in diam.; sepals deltoid,
1.2–1.6 mm
long, apex acute; petals oblong, ca.
0.5 mm
long,
0.3 mm
wide, slightly emarginate at apex, margins incurved; stamens 8, episepalous 4 fertile, ca.
0.65 mm
long, filaments fleshy, subulate, anthers sub-globose, ca.
0.19 mm
long, epipetalous 4 sterile, ca.
0.5 mm
long; disk 8-lobed, crenulate; styles 4, free, to
1 mm
long, base conical ca.
0.32 mm
in diam., distally attenuate and recurved, pubescent;
male flowers
to
1.6 mm
long, shortly pedicelled, pedicels 0.6–1.0 mm long, hairy as rachis; sepals ca.
0.8 mm
long, same wide at base, hairs same as those on bisexuals; petals and stamens as in bisexual flowers; pistil rudimentary; styles 4, free, subulate, ca.
0.3 mm
long.
Fruits
unknown.
Flowering and fruiting:
—Flowering in September; fruiting time unknown.
Habitat and distribution:
—
In rain forests;
150–750 m
.
Indonesia
(
Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan
?);
Malaysia
(Sarawak) (
Figure 49
)
.
FIGURE 49.
Geographical distribution of
Anisophyllea glandibeccariana
Li Bing Zhang, Xin Chen & H.He.
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Taxonomic notes:
—
Anisophyllea glandibeccariana
also shares similar morphological features of leaves, inflorescences, and flower structures with
A. beccariana
; however, it differs obviously from the latter by its pubescent young branches and buds, its glandular coverage on young branches, its petioles and both surfaces of leaf blades.
The epithet is from the combination of a Latin word
glandi-
and an epithet of a known species
A. beccariana
, referring to morphological similarity of the two species and the distinctively glandular young branches and leaves of this new species.
Additional specimens examined:
—
INDONESIA
.
Central Kalimantan
:
Bukit Raya
,
00°45’00”S
112°47’00”E
, c.
150 m
,
06 November 1983
,
5015
(
L
); Provinces not located in Borneo: Without locality,
07 February 1995
,
Chuich
A
.
C
.,
Mahyar
U
.
W
.,
Afriastini
1764
(
K
).
Provinces
not located other than
Borneo
? Archipel Ind.,
10 July 1921
,
Momtri Remvorin bb2294
(
L
)
.