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<mods:namePart>Fritsch, Peter W.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Amoroso, Victor B.</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Diplycosia platyphylla P. W. Fritsch. A Habitat B Habit C Branchlet with inflorescences D Inflorescence E Immature fruit. (D. S. Penneys 2302). Scale bars: C = 10 cm, D, E = 1 cm. Photos P. W. F." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.69.9466.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/99689" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Diplycosia platyphylla P. W. Fritsch. A Fertile branchlet B Pedicel and flower C Calyx lobe apex D Flower with calyx and corolla partly cut away to show androecium and gynoecium E Stamen, ventral view F Stamen, lateral view G Immature fruit H Fruiting pedicel. Drawing by L. Heagy from D. S. Penneys 2302 (CAS) and photographic images of the living plant." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.69.9466.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/99690" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">, 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">
Haec species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Diplycosia urceolatae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
simillima, sed ab eo petiolo viridi vel viridi ex roseo 4-7 mm longo, lamina 7-7.5 cm lata, lobis calycis acutis, calyce fructus maturo lavandulo differt.
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-04-29" collectorName="Site C, Site H, D. S. Penneys" country="PHILIPPINES" county="Mindanao Island" elevation="1718" latitude="6.998083" location="Mount Apo Natural Park" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="125.24778" municipality="Barangay Ilomavis" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="North Cotabato Province" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectingCountry name="Philippines">PHILIPPINES</collectingCountry>
.
<collectingCounty>Mindanao Island</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingRegion country="Philippines" name="North Cotabato">North Cotabato Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Barangay Ilomavis</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DC4C04FADF2C5ADB8F1FD4888BBBDC94:25BE6BE13272751B61256D155976151B" country="PHILIPPINES" county="Mindanao Island" latitude="6.998083" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="125.24778" municipality="Barangay Ilomavis" name="Mount Apo Natural Park" stateProvince="North Cotabato Province">Mount Apo Natural Park</location>
,
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, road from
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to
<collectorName>Site H</collectorName>
at
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(EDC),
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<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.718" unit="m" value="1718.0">1718 m</elevation>
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,
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,
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,
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<collectorName>D.S. Penneys</collectorName>
2302
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(
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: PNH!; isotypes: CAS-1196249!, CMUH-00010804!)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="32">Description.</paragraph>
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Terrestrial erect shrublet to 0.6 m tall with ascending-erect branchlets. Young branchlets not observed; old branchlets gray, stout (3.5-4.5 mm wide), subterete, with non-peeling epidermis, glabrous. Leaves spirally arranged, with distinct wintergreen odor when crushed (fresh leaves), ascending; petiole green or slightly flushed pink, 4-7
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2.5-2.9 mm, grooved above, glabrous; lamina broadly obovate to subrotund, the larger 8.3-9.7
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7-7.5 cm, 1.2-1.7 times as long as wide, coriaceous, abaxially glossy and evenly dark red-dotted over the surface, adaxially shiny and glabrous; major veins prominent abaxially, sulcate adaxially, major secondary veins originating on proximal half, 1 to 3 on each side of midvein, arching-ascending, alternate, occasionally 3 on one side and only 2 on the other; base broadly cuneate, margin entire, revolute, glabrous, apex rounded or strongly emarginate, the very tip with a thick protruding dark gland to 0.8 mm long. Inflorescences axillary or on older sections of defoliated branchlets proximal to the leaves, fasciculate, 3- to 6-flowered, often with up to 7 additional old fruiting pedicels; bracts ovate-deltoid, 1.5-2
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1.2-1.7 mm, appressed-puberulent. Pedicels slightly dilated distally, 4-7
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0.5-0.8 mm, muriculate with short (to 0.16 mm long) ferrugineous erect or ascending trichomes, and also pubescent with pale ferrugineous irregularly oriented straight to slightly undulate nonglandular trichomes to 0.3 mm long; bracteoles ovate-deltoid, 1-1.5 mm long, muriculate, rarely also sparsely puberulent along midvein, midvein planar to prominent, margin ciliolate with a mix of ferrugineous glandular trichomes and pale ferrugineous nonglandular trichomes. Calyx green strongly flushed deep pink, 2.2-2.7
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3.4-3.7 mm, sparsely muriculate or glabrous; limb ca. 2 mm long; lobes broadly deltoid-ovate, 1.1-1.2
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1.8-2 mm, margins with a mixture of ferrugineous glandular and pale ferrugineous nonglandular trichomes, the latter more prevalent distally, apex acute. Corolla 5-lobed, white slightly flushed with dull pink distally, broadly urceolate, widest at middle, ca. 4.5
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2.9 mm, glabrous both outside and within; lobes recurved, ovate, ca. 1
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1 mm, margins eciliolate, apices obtuse. Stamens 10, included within corolla, ca. 4.5 mm long; filaments
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S-curved, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous; anthers 1.7-1.9 mm long, thecae 1.4-1.5 mm long, echinulate, tubes parallel, 0.3-0.4 mm long, smooth, pores strongly
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. Nectary 10-lobed; lobes emarginate. Ovary cylindric-hemispherical, ca. 1.5
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1.5 mm. Style 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Immature fruit green flushed red, 5-6
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5-6 mm, style persistent; mature fruiting calyx lavender, accrescent, fleshy.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Diplycosia platyphylla</emphasis>
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P.W.Fritsch.
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Habitat
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
Habit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
Branchlet with inflorescences
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
Inflorescence
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">E</emphasis>
Immature fruit. (D.S. Penneys 2302). Scale bars:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
= 10 cm,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">E</emphasis>
= 1 cm. Photos P.W.F.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Diplycosia platyphylla</emphasis>
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P.W.Fritsch.
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Fertile branchlet
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
Pedicel and flower
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
Calyx lobe apex
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
Flower with calyx and corolla partly cut away to show androecium and gynoecium
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">E</emphasis>
Stamen, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">F</emphasis>
Stamen, lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">G</emphasis>
Immature fruit
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">H</emphasis>
Fruiting pedicel. Drawing by L. Heagy from D.S. Penneys 2302 (CAS) and photographic images of the living plant.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">The species is named for its notably wide leaves relative to those of most other species in the genus.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="phenology">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Flowering and fruiting in April.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="34" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicName authorityName="P. W. Fritsch" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia platyphylla" order="Ericales" pageId="2" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="33">Diplycosia platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from a single location on Mt. Apo, Mindanao Island, North Cotabato Province, Philippines. Several
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were found growing in gravel on an ultramafic open sunny rockslide area in the Tropical Lower Montane Rain Forest biome at 1718 m a.s.l. with
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Nepenthaceae" genus="Nepenthes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nepenthes" order="Sarraceniales" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Nepenthes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Huperzia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bernh., and
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" genus="Vaccinium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Vaccinium" order="Ericales" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Vaccinium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. on a general NW-facing 30-60% slope but in a flat microhabitat along a roadside.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">
<taxonomicName authorityName="P. W. Fritsch" authorityYear="2016" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia platyphylla" order="Ericales" pageId="3" pageNumber="34" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="platyphylla">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="34">Diplycosia platyphylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from a single population and single collection, with only several plants seen. Although the species is afforded pro
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by its occurrence in Mount Apo National Park, it is at risk through apparent extreme rarity. We categorize this species as Critically Endangered (CR): D.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="35" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="35">
The new species is similar to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stapf" authorityYear="1894" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia urceolata" order="Ericales" pageId="4" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="urceolata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia urceolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Stapf from Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia by its stout glabrous branchlets, coriaceous glabrous leaf blades with rounded apices, and 4-7 mm-long pedicels with a mixture of muriculate trichomes and pale ferrugineous nonglandular trichomes. It differs from this species most readily by its green or slightly flushed pink petioles 4-7 mm long (vs vivid red and 10-13 mm), wider leaf blades [7-7.5 cm vs (2.5-)3.5-5(-7.5) cm], acute calyx lobe apices (vs obtuse), and lavender mature fruiting calyx (vs black). It is also similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia sanguinolenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sleumer from Mount Kinabalu in its large coriaceous leaf blades [9-14(-17)
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5-8(-9.5) cm for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia sanguinolenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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] and generally acute calyx lobes, but is easily distinguished by a petiole 4-7 mm long (vs 12-15 mm) and a white corolla ca. 4.5 mm long (vs bright red and 13-15 mm long), among other characters. The new species would key to couplet 3 of the key to the Philippine
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<bibRefCitation author="Argent, G" journalOrPublisher="Philippine Journal of Science" pageId="5" pageNumber="36" pagination="51 - 55" refId="B4" refString="Argent, G, 2013. A new species of Diplycosia: D. coii Argent (Ericaceae) is described in honour of Leonardo Co. Philippine Journal of Science 142 (special issue): 51 - 55" title="A new species of Diplycosia: D. coii Argent (Ericaceae) is described in honour of Leonardo Co." volume="142" year="2013">Argent (2013)</bibRefCitation>
. The two leads at that point in the key identify the varieties of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia luzonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(A.Gray) Merrill, i.e.,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sleum" authorityYear="1957" baseAuthorityName="Elm." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia luzonica subsp. var. var. calelanensis" order="Ericales" pageId="4" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="luzonica" subSpecies="var." variety="calelanensis">Diplycosia luzonica var. calelanensis</taxonomicName>
(Elmer) Sleumer and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sleum" authorityYear="1957" baseAuthorityName="Merr." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia luzonica subsp. var. var. merrittii" order="Ericales" pageId="4" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="luzonica" subSpecies="var." variety="merrittii">Diplycosia luzonica var. merrittii</taxonomicName>
(Merrill) Sleumer, distinguished by &quot;Leaves broadly pointed to rounded with the terminal gland forming a short mucronate point the largest leaves up to 5 cm long&quot; vs &quot;Leaves acuminate, with a narrowly acute apex, the largest leaves more than 6 cm long,&quot; respectively. Because the new species possesses leaves that are rounded (or strongly emarginate) at the apex but are 8.3-9.7 cm long (the larger ones), the new species does not match either of these leads. Thus, it can be distinguished from all other Philippine
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Diplycosia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diplycosia" order="Ericales" pageId="4" pageNumber="35" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="35">Diplycosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the combination of glabrous branchlets and (larger) leaf blades 8.3-9.7 mm long with an apex that is rounded or strongly emarginate, and with a prominent terminal gland.
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