Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Table of Contents - July 2012 - Volume 69, Issue 02  

Articles

DEBREGEASIA AUSTRALIS SP. NOV. (URTICACEAE), WITH A NEW SYNOPSIS OF AND A NEW KEY TO THE GENUS

C. M. Wilmot-Deara1 and I. Friisa2

a1 The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AE, England, UK. E-mail: m.thomas@kew.org

a2 The Herbarium, Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Gothersgade 130, DK-1123 Copenhagen K, Denmark. E-mail: ibf@snm.ku.dk

Abstract

A new species in the Old World genus Debregeasia (Urticaceae), D. australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen, based on material from forest habitats in eastern Queensland, Australia, is described, illustrated and mapped. A new synopsis of the genus and a new key to species recognised is provided as a supplement to the revision of Debregeasia by C. M. Wilmot-Dear in 1988. Debregeasia orientalis, described from China since 1988, is accepted, species from China and Bangladesh (D. elliptica and D. dentata) are reinstated, and other taxonomic changes made since the revision of 1988 are summarised.

(Received August 17 2011)

(Accepted February 14 2012)

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