Three new species of Trivalvaria (Annonaceae) from Thailand, with a key to the Thai species
Author
Johnson, David M.
0000-0003-2896-7419
dmjohnso @ owu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2896 - 7419
dmjohnso@owu.edu
Author
Chaowasku, Tanawat
0000-0002-1602-8468
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand & tanawat. chaowasku @ cmu. ac. th; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1602 - 8468
tanawat.chaowasku@cmu.ac.th
Author
Murray, Nancy A.
0000-0003-4076-6169
namurray @ owu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4076 - 6169
namurray@owu.edu
Author
Chalermglin, Piya
0000-0002-9098-0916
Agricultural Technology Department, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, 35 Mu 3, Khlong Ha, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province 12120, Thailand & piya. chalerm @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9098 - 0916
piya.chalerm@gmail.com
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Phytotaxa
2021
2021-03-03
489
1
79
86
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.489.1.6
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.489.1.6
1179-3163
5757631
Trivalvaria stenopetala
Chaowasku & D.M.Johnson
,
sp. nov
.
(
Figs. 1F–H
,
2A,D
)
Type
:—
THAILAND
.
Phangnga
:
Khao
pawta luang keow,
8°30’N
,
99°E
,
1000–1200 m
,
27 February 1974
(flower & fruit),
Geesink et al. 7641
(
holotype
:
L
.2066289!; isotypes: BKF-3981, 3397)
.
In its linear to lanceolate petals and oblong monocarps this new species most resembles
T. pumila
(
King, 1892: 27
)
Sinclair (1953: 48)
but differs from that species in the sepals 3.3–5.0 mm versus 1.5–2.0 mm long, and the seed-containing portion of the monocarp 18.0–
21.5 mm
long and borne on a glabrate stipe
0.8–2.5 mm
long versus 12.0–19.0 mm long and borne on a sparsely pubescent stipe 4.0–5.0 (8) mm long (
Table 1
).
Shrubs and treelets up to
5 m
tall. Twigs short grey-pubescent, eventually glabrate. Leaves narrowly oblong, or oblanceolate to narrowly oblong, occasionally elliptic, blade 14.0–28.8
(2.8–)
4.5–7.2 cm
, base cuneate to rounded, apex acuminate, the acumen
7–28 mm
long, glabrous on both surfaces, secondary veins eucamptodromous to weakly brochidodromous, 9–15 per side, arcuate; petiole 5.0–9.0 mm long. Inflorescences supra-axillary, 1-flowered, peduncle ca.
5 mm
long, pedicels 4.0–
5.5 mm
long, bearing 1 bract ca. 3.0 mm long; buds with petals separating well before anthesis. Flowers bisexual or staminate. Sepals triangular, 3.5–5.0 mm long, acute to acuminate, sericeous. Petals spreading at anthesis, creamy white, yellow, or pale orange, glabrous on inner surface, sericeous on outer surface, outer petals lanceolate to linear, 7.0–12.8
1.8–3.7 mm
, acute, inner petals linear to linear-lanceolate, 8.0–15.5
1.6–3.2 mm
, acute. Stamens ca. 150, forming a globose to oblong boss 5.0–
6.2 mm
in diameter, oblong, 1.0–
1.9 mm
long, anther connective apex truncate, glabrous. Carpels 9–18, ovaries ca.
1 mm
long, pubescent, stigmas flat or globose, puberulent. Receptacle columnar,
1.7–3.5 mm
high,
1.5–2.5 mm
in diameter, glabrous. Fruit of up to 7 monocarps borne on a pedicel
5–8 mm
long. Monocarps oblong, 18.0–21.5
7.0–
9.2 mm
, verrucose and faintly ridged, glabrate, apex rounded to a beak
0.8–1.5 mm
long, stipe
0.8–2.5 mm
long, 2.0–
2.2 mm
thick, pericarp ca.
0.2 mm
thick. Seed narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 18.0 mm
7.5 mm
, 7.0 mm thick, smooth, pale orange-brown.
Distribution and Ecology:—
Endemic to Peninsular
Thailand
, in evergreen forest at
900–1200 m
.
Phenology:—
Flowering and fruiting November–February.
Etymology:—
Named for the narrow petals, unusual in the genus.
Vernacular name:—
Ma khao klip
khaep
(มะขาวกลีบแคบ) (
Ranong
).
Conservation status:—
Trivalvaria stenopetala
is known from four localities in southern
Ranong
and northern
Phangnga
Provinces. Two localities lie within designated conservation areas (a national park and a wildlife sanctuary). It has been collected as recently as 2006. We give
T. stenopetala
a preliminary conservation assessment of data deficient.
FIGURE 2.
Photographs of new
Trivalvaria
species. A
. Flower of
Trivalvaria stenopetala
, Phangnga Province, Thailand. B. Flower of
Trivalvaria ochroleuca
,
Tak Province, Thailand. C. Flower of
Trivalvaria recurva
, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. D. Fruit of
Trivalvaria stenopetala
, Phangnga Province, Thailand. E. Fruit of probable
Trivalvaria ochroleuca
from Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. F. Fruit of
Trivalvaria recurva
from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. A and D by Simon Gardner from
Gardner et al. ST 1944
, B by Tanawat Chaowasku, C and F by Piya Chalermglin, E by Thammanoon Temchai.
Additional specimens examined:—
THAILAND
.
Phangnga
:
Khura Buri District
,
Chaowasku
73
(
CMUB
)
;
Phang Nga
,
300 m
,
Sri
Phang Nga
National Park
,
8°59’N
,
98°28’E
,
21 Nov 2005
(flower & fruit),
Gardner
et al.
ST 1944
(
BKF
,
L
.2066288)
.
Ranong
:
Khao
Por-ta-luang-kaew,
6 Dec 1994
(flower),
Herb. Tr.
1034 (6/10)
(
BCU
, herb. no. 6224);
Kao Pawte Luang Ko
, ca
.
900 m
,
31 Jan 1929
(flower),
Kerr
16924
(
BK
,
L
.2066287); route to
Mueang Chone
,
Klong Naka Wildlife Sanctuary
,
Suksamran
,
900 m
,
6 Nov 1999
(flower),
Maknoi
70
(
QBG
)
;
Suksamran District
,
Khlong Na Kha Wildlife Sanctuary
, trail from
Kam Puan Ranger Substation
toward summit of
Khao Dan
,
9.316°N
,
98.512°E
,
1020 m
,
22 Feb 2006
(flower),
Middleton
et al. 3915
(
A
, BKF-159764,
L
.2066286);
Kapoe
,
Khao Sungkha Tuk
[=Langkha Teuk, ca.
9°20’N
,
98°35’E
],
23 Nov 1965
(flower),
Sangkhachand
1161
(
BKF
)
.
Notes:—
Gardner et al. ST 1944,
listed above, is identified and described as
T. costata
in
Gardner
et al.
(2015)
.
Gardner ST 1311,
identified as
Polyalthia
species D
in the same publication, may also represent this species, but it has not been possible to see the specimen. It was collected from
Phangnga Province
at
300 m
, a significantly lower elevation. This species was included in a molecular phylogenetic analysis by
Chaowasku
et al.
(2020
, as “
Trivalvaria
sp. 2
”).