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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489" ID-PMC="PMC4698516" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2003-57-93" ID-Pensoft-UUID="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" ID-PubMed="26752963" ID-Zenodo-Dep="576334" ModsDocID="1314-2003-57-93" checkinTime="1451251338037" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Valdespino, Ivan A." docDate="2015" docId="A851DD17DA46C67BC1764F0D691F8472" docLanguage="en" docName="PhytoKeys 57: 93-133" docOrigin="PhytoKeys 57" docPubDate="2015-12-15" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489" docTitle="Selaginella trygonoides Valdespino 2015, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="7" id="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" lastPageNumber="105" masterDocId="FFE6FF86AC41FFF6FFCE3235FFCFFFFD" masterDocTitle="Novelties in Selaginella (Selaginellaceae - Lycopodiophyta), with emphasis on Brazilian species" masterLastPageNumber="133" masterPageNumber="93" pageNumber="103" updateTime="1668141485647" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:namePart>Valdespino, Ivan A.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="A851DD17-DA46-C67B-C176-4F0D691F8472" authority="Valdespino" authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="10" pageNumber="103" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides" status="sp. nov.">Selaginella trygonoides Valdespino</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="10" pageNumber="103">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Selaginella trygonoides Valdespino. A Section of upper surface of stem B Upper surface of median leaf; note submarginal stomata (a) on inner half of the lamina C Close-up of inner margin of median leaf, upper surface; note submarginal stomata (a) D Close-up of median leaf upper surface; note papillae on cell lumen E Upper surface of median leaf; note submarginal stomata on inner half of the lamina F Close-up of base, portion of inner margin and inner half of lamina (note stomata), and portion of outer margin and outer half of lamina of median leaf, upper surface G Upper surface of lateral leaf and portion of median leaves, upper surface H Close-up of distal portion and apex of lateral leaf, upper surface. A-H taken from the holotype, Almeida et al. 1994 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69728" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Figures 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Selaginella trygonoides Valdespino. A Section of lower surface of stem B Lower surface of lateral leaf C Close-up of base and proximal portion of lateral leaf, lower surface; note marginal stomata (a) D Close-up of distal portion and apex of lateral leaf, lower surface E Lower surface of axillary leaf and portions of lateral leaves F Upper surface of lateral leaf G Close-up of base and proximal portion of lateral leaf, upper surface H Close-up of distal portion and apex of lateral leaf, upper surface; note marginal stoma (a). A-H taken from the holotype, Almeida et al. 1994 (PMA)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.57.6489.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/69729" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">, 12</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="103" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="103">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="10" pageNumber="103" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the similar
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hieron" authorityYear="1904" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella glazioviana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="10" pageNumber="103" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="glazioviana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Selaginella glazioviana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hieron. by having the upper surfaces of the leaves dull (vs. shiny due to thick waxy deposits covering cell walls), median leaf margins short-ciliate (vs. entire to denticulate) with the arista
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
(vs. usually
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
-⅓) the length of the lamina, and lateral leaves acuminate (vs. broadly acute to acute).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="103" type="type">
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">BRAZIL</emphasis>
. Minas Gerais: Serra do Azeite, Pocrane,
<geoCoordinate degrees="19" direction="south" minutes="30" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="12" value="-19.503334">19°30'12&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="west" minutes="37" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="-41.62972">41°37'47&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
, 300 m, 1 Jun 2009,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">T.E. Almeida, D.T. Souza &amp; M.M.T. Cota 1994</emphasis>
(holotype: PMA! [PMA103371]; isotype: BHCB [BHCB130573]-n.v.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="104" pageId="10" pageNumber="103" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="104" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Plants</emphasis>
terrestrial or epipetric.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Stems</emphasis>
ascending to erect, stramineous, 3-5 cm long, 0.2-0.5 mm diam., non-articulate, not flagelliform or stoloniferous, 1- or 2-branched.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Rhizophores</emphasis>
axillary, borne on proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼-½">1/4-1/2</normalizedToken>
of stems, filiform, 0.1 or 0.2 mm diam.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Leaves</emphasis>
heteromorphic throughout, chartaceous, both surfaces glabrous, upper surfaces green, lower surfaces silvery green.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Lateral leaves</emphasis>
spreading or ascending, ovate-deltate or ovate-elliptic, 1.5-2.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.8-1.1 mm; bases rounded, acroscopic bases strongly overlapping stems, basiscopic bases free from stems; acroscopic margins broadly hyaline in a band 2-6 cells wide with the cells elongate, straight-walled, and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 row over each cell lumen, short-ciliate along proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
, otherwise dentate distally; basiscopic margins on upper surfaces greenish comprising quadrangular, sinuate-walled, glabrous and papillate cells, on lower surfaces broadly hyaline in a band 2-6 cells wide with the cells as along acroscopic margins, dentate to denticulate throughout; apices acuminate, each acumen 0.1 or 0.2 mm, variously tipped by 1-3 teeth; upper surfaces comprising rounded or quadrangular, sinuate-walled cells, some of these covered by 3-11 papillae, without idioblasts or stomata, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, with few of these papillate and idioblast-like on both sides of the midribs, papillae in 1 row over each cell lumen, with stomata in 2 or 3 rows along midribs and throughout acroscopic half of the lamina.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="103">Median leaves</emphasis>
imbricate or distant, ascending, broadly ovate-elliptic, 0.8-1.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5-0.9 mm; bases rounded to slightly oblique; margins broadly hyaline in a band 3-7 cells wide, the cells elongate, straight-walled and papillate parallel to margins, papillae in 1 row over each cell lumen, short-ciliate throughout or along proximal ⅔ and dentate distally; apices long-aristate, each arista 0.4-0.6 mm, denticulate on upper surfaces, tipped by 1-3 teeth; both surfaces with
<pageBreakToken pageId="11" pageNumber="104" start="start">out</pageBreakToken>
idioblasts, upper surfaces comprising rounded or quadrangular, sinuate-walled cells, many of these covered by 4-14 papillae, with stomata in 4 rows along midribs, few scattered throughout inner halves and on margins of outer halves of the laminae, lower surfaces comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells, without stomata.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Axillary leaves</emphasis>
similar to lateral leaves, except for both margins hyaline and short-ciliate along proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
and distally dentate.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Strobili</emphasis>
terminal on branch tips, loosely quadrangular, 0.5-1.0 cm.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Sporophylls</emphasis>
monomorphic to subdimorphic, without a laminar flap, each with a strongly developed and dentate keel along midribs, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.9-1.2
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.4-0.6 mm; bases rounded; margins broadly hyaline (this more obviously so on dorsal sporophylls), short-ciliate or dentate on ventral sporophylls; apices acuminate to short-aristate, each acumen (arista) 0.2-0.4 mm with margins dentate and tipped by 1 or 2 teeth;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">dorsal sporophylls</emphasis>
with upper surfaces green and cells as in median leaves, including stomata, lower surfaces silvery green and comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">ventral sporophylls</emphasis>
with both surfaces hyaline, comprising elongate, sinuate-walled cells.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Megasporangia</emphasis>
in 2 ventral rows;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">megaspores</emphasis>
yellow, mostly immature, rugulate-reticulate on proximal faces with a prominent equatorial flange, reticulate on distal faces, microstructure not determined, ca. 200
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Microsporangia</emphasis>
in 2 dorsal rows;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">microspores</emphasis>
light orange, ornamentation and microstructure not determined.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="104" type="habitat and distribution">
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Habitat and distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it may be endemic. It grows on creek banks in Gallery forests or Atlantic semi-deciduous forests vegetation at 185-300 m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="104" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin &quot;
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">trigon</emphasis>
/
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">trygonus</emphasis>
&quot;, meaning stingray; it alludes to the shape of the median leaf, which resembles these marine fish.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="104" type="conservation status">
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from two collections made within or nearby populated areas; most likely it is subjected to anthropomorphic pressures. Thus, I tentatively consider it Vulnerable (VU).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="104" type="additional specimen examined">
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Additional specimen examined</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">(paratype). BRAZIL</emphasis>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Minas Gerais</emphasis>
: Santa Rita do Itueto,
<normalizedToken originalValue="Região">Regiao</normalizedToken>
da Cachoeira do
<normalizedToken originalValue="Pontão">Pontao</normalizedToken>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="19" direction="south" minutes="24" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="52" value="-19.414444">19°24'52&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="41" direction="west" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="45" value="-41.379166">41°22'45&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
, 185 m, 27 May 2009,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Almeida et al. 1960</emphasis>
(BHCB-n.v., PMA).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="105" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Discussion.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="104">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically close to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hieron" authorityYear="1904" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella glazioviana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="glazioviana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella glazioviana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it is distinguished from the latter by the characters of leaf surfaces and apex type, as well as median leaf marginal projections, as discussed in the diagnosis. In addition,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
grows in lowland vegetation at 185-300 m, whereas
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hieron" authorityYear="1904" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella glazioviana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="glazioviana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella glazioviana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found in montane vegetation at 900-1600 m.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hieron" authorityYear="1904" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella glazioviana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="glazioviana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella glazioviana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was thought to be conspecific with
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella erectifolia" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="erectifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella erectifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Spring by
<bibRefCitation author="Alston, AHG" journalOrPublisher="Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis" pageId="19" pageNumber="112" pagination="303 - 319" publicationUrl="10.1002/fedr.19360402005" refId="B1" refString="Alston, AHG, 1936. The Brazilian species of Selaginella. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 40: 303 - 319, DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19360402005" title="The Brazilian species of Selaginella." url="10.1002/fedr.19360402005" volume="40" year="1936">Alston (1936)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Reed, CF" journalOrPublisher="Memorias da Sociedade Broteriana" pageId="20" pageNumber="113" pagination="1 - 287" refId="B21" refString="Reed, CF, 1965-1966. Index Selaginellarum. Memorias da Sociedade Broteriana 18: 1 - 287" title="Index Selaginellarum." volume="18" year="1965 - 1966">Reed (1965-1966)</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation author="Alston, AHG" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany" pageId="19" pageNumber="112" pagination="233 - 330" refId="B2" refString="Alston, AHG, Jermy, AC, Rankin, JM, 1981. The genus Selaginella in tropical South America. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Botany 9: 233 - 330" title="The genus Selaginella in tropical South America." volume="9" year="1981">Alston et al. (1981)</bibRefCitation>
, but I consider these taxa to be distinct species (see discussion under
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hieron" authorityYear="1904" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella glazioviana" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="glazioviana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella glazioviana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella erectifolia" order="Selaginellales" pageId="11" pageNumber="104" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="erectifolia">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="104">Selaginella erectifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its lateral leaves ovate-deltate (vs. ovate) with the acroscopic margins short-ciliate along proximal
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
(vs. dentate) and apices acuminate (vs. acute), the median leaves with short-ciliate (vs. dentate) margins, apices long-aristate (vs. short-aristate) with each arista
<normalizedToken originalValue="½">1/2</normalizedToken>
(vs.
<normalizedToken originalValue="¼">1/4</normalizedToken>
) the length of the lamina, the upper surface with (vs. lacking) stomata on the inner half of the leaf lamina and some cells with the lumen covered by 4-8 (vs. 14-25) papillae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="105">
<pageBreakToken pageId="12" pageNumber="105" start="start">Another</pageBreakToken>
collection,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="105">Almeida &amp; Souza 336</emphasis>
(PMA!), gathered in the same general locality of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="12" pageNumber="105" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="105">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is provisionally referred to
<taxonomicName class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella decomposita" order="Selaginellales" pageId="12" pageNumber="105" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="decomposita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="105">Selaginella decomposita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Spring. This collection is similar to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Valdespino" authorityYear="2015" class="Lycopodiopsida" family="Selaginellaceae" genus="Selaginella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Selaginella trygonoides" order="Selaginellales" pageId="12" pageNumber="105" phylum="Lycopodiophyta" rank="species" species="trygonoides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="105">Selaginella trygonoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having lateral leaves acuminate and median leaves aristate; however it differs by its prostrate to ascending habit, stems to 3-branched, dorsal and ventro-axillary rhizophores, shiny leaves, median leaves dentate throughout with prominent outer bases, lateral leaves ovate-oblong to oblong, and axillary leaves ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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