NEW SPECIES IN OLD WORLD BOEHMERIA (URTICACEAE)

Authors

  • C. M. Wilmot-Dear
  • I. Friis
  • Z. Thomas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428610000144

Keywords:

Boehmeria, Boehmeria leptostachya, Boehmeria listeri, Boehmeria manipurensis, Boehmeria subintegra, China, description, Himalayas, New Guinea, species, Sumatra, taxonomy, Thailand, Urticaceae

Abstract

Four new species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae) are described and named: Boehmeria listeri Friis & Wilmot-Dear and B. manipurensis Friis & Wilmot-Dear from the eastern part of the Himalayas, B. leptostachya Friis & Wilmot-Dear from southern China (Yunnan), Thailand and northern Sumatra, and B. subintegra Friis & Wilmot-Dear from Papua New Guinea. The species are illustrated and mapped and their habitat ranges are described, and conservation assessments have been produced for all.

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Published

2010-10-12

Issue

Vol. 67 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Original Research Articles

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