Five new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from Myanmar and Thailand
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https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.08Keywords:
Conservation assessments, Indo-China, limestone, South-East AsiaAbstract
Five new species of Henckelia are described, two from Myanmar: Henckelia campanuliflora and H. candida, and the others from Thailand: H. amplexifolia, H. nakianensis and H. dasycalyx. A key to the 1 to 2-leaved species of the genus is given, as well as photographs, ecology, and also IUCN conservation status for the new species.
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IUCN (2012). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
Janeesha, A.P. & Nampy, S. (2015). Henckelia bracteata, a new species from S Western Ghats, India, and lectotypification of Didymocarpus humboldtianus (H. humboldtiana). Willdenowia 45: 53–59.
Manudev, K.M., Weber, A. & Nampy, S. (2012). Henckelia pradeepiana, a new species of Gesneriaceae from the southern Western Ghats, India. Rheedea 22: 119–123.
Middleton, D.J., Weber, A., Yao, T.L., Sontag, S. & Möller, M. (2013). The current status of the species hitherto assigned to Henckelia (Gesneriaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 70: 385–404.
Rajakumar, T.J.S., Selvakumari, R., Murugesan, S. & Chellaperumal, N. 2009. Didymocarpus sivagirensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae from Tirunelveli. Indian Journal of Forestry 32(3): 481–483.
Ranasinghe, S., Milne, R., Jayasekara, R., Rubasinghe, S. & Möller, M. (2016). Henckelia wijesundarae (Gesneriaceae), a new endemic species from Sri Lanka, and lectotypification of Chirita walkerae and C. walkerae var. parviflora. Willdenowia 46: 213–224.
Royle, J.F. (1839). Chirita bifolia. Illustrations of the Botany and other branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains and of the Flora of Cashmere, Vol 2: 70.
Sprengel, C. (1817). Henckelia. Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewachse, Zweite, 2nd ed., 2(1): 402.
Sukumaran, E. & Kumar, S. (2014). A new combination in Henckelia (Gesneriaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 59(1): 149.
Weber, A. & Burtt, B.L. (1998). Remodeling of Didymocarpus and associated genera (Gesneriaceae). Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 70: 293–363.
Weber, A., Middleton, D.J., Forrest, A., Kiew, R., Lim, C.L., Rafidah, A.R., Sontag, S., Triboun, P., Wei, Y.-G., Yao, T.L. & Möller, M. (2011). Molecular systematics and remodeling of Chirita and associated genera (Gesneriaceae). Taxon 60: 767–790.
Wood, D. (1974). A revision of Chirita (Gesneriaceae). Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 33: 123–205.
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2019-04-04
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Sirimongkol, S., Parnell, J., Hodkinson, T., Middleton, D., & Puglisi, C. (2019). Five new species of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) from Myanmar and Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), 47(1), 38–54. https://doi.org/10.20531/tfb.2019.47.1.08
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