Diplycosia platyphylla (Ericaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines.

ABSTRACT: Diplycosia platyphylla P.W.Fritsch, a new species from Mindanao Island, Philippines, is described and illustrated. This species is most similar to the Bornean Diplycosia urceolata but differs by its green or slightly flushed pink petioles 4-7 mm long, wider leaf blades, acute calyx lobe apices, and lavender mature fruiting calyx. The new species is known only from a single collection made from Mount Apo in North Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao.

SUBMITTER: Fritsch PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5029138 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature