Colocasia kachinensis, a new species of Araceae from Myanmar

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Araceae · Topics: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Colocasia kachinensis S.S. Zhou & J.T. Yin, is described and illustrated as a new species of Araceae from Kachin, Mynamar. The morphological characters are compared to those of other Colocasia species. Colocasia kachinensis is closely related to C. menglaensis J.T Yin, H. Li & Z.F. Xu, 2004, but differs from in having an erect stem, no stolons, smaller size, a different pattern of surface bristle distribution and male flowers 1–4-androus with stamens connate in truncate synandrium.

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