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RESEARCH PRODUCT

A NEW SPECIES OF DISSOCHAETA BLUME (MELASTOMATACEAE) FROM KALIMANTAN (BORNEO, INDONESIA)

G. Kadereit

subject

DissochaetaGeographybiologyMelastomataceaeForestryPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

Dissochaeta atrobrunnea (Melastomataceae–Dissochaeteae) from Kalimantan (Borneo, Indonesia) is described and illustrated. The species can be assigned to Dissochaeta sect. Dissochaeta and is easily recognized by its dense cover of light brown, sessile, stellate hairs and dark brown, 4–6 mm long bristles on branches, leaf undersurfaces, petioles, inflorescences, bracts and hypanthia. Like all other species of Dissochaeta sect. Dissochaeta, D. atrobrunnea shows heterantherous flowers.

https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960428606000382