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DYSOXYLUM MIDDLETONIANUM (MELIACEAE), A DISTINCTIVE NEW SPECIES FROM THE SOUTHERN FOLD MOUNTAINS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

W. Takeuchi
W. Takeuchi*
Affiliation:
Arnold Arboretum and the Harvard University Herbaria, c/o PNG National Forest Authority, PNG Forest Research Institute, PO Box 314, Lae, Morobe Province 411, Papua New Guinea. E-mail: wtakeuchi@global.net.pg
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Abstract

Dysoxylum middletonianum Takeuchi (Meliaceae) is described from previously unexplored habitats in the Southern Fold Mountains of Papua New Guinea. The new plant is the smallest Dysoxylum in eastern Malesia and one of only two species with whip infructescences.

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DysoxylumMeliaceaePapua New Guinea
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 66 , Issue 2 , July 2009 , pp. 347 - 353
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2009

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