A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia

Authors: Tronchet, Frédéric DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408 Published: Jan. 1, 2011 Source: PhytoKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Meryta · Topics: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and animal studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

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Meryta pastoralis F. Tronchet & Lowry, a new species from the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas archipelago, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Polynesian members of the genus by its fully free ovaries, a feature shared with one other species found in the region, M. choristantha (native to the Austral Islands), from which it can be distinguished by its noticeably different leaf shape. A preliminary conservation assessment indicates that M. pastoralis is Critically Endangered.

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