Chassalia ramosa T.Y.Yu, 2021
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.738.1261 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4594533 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/355087D8-FFCD-E454-180C-F98AECD8C22E |
treatment provided by |
Plazi (2021-03-10 21:04:15, last updated by Valdenar 2024-12-04 15:48:48) |
scientific name |
Chassalia ramosa T.Y.Yu |
status |
sp. nov. |
Chassalia ramosa T.Y.Yu View in CoL sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
Differs from other Bornean species of Chassalia by the stems usually dividing terminally into two flowering branches, also in the highly contracted inflorescence rachis and first branches which are less than 0.5 mm long or less, each inflorescence comprising a single capitulum.
Etymology
The epithet reflects the high level of branching in this species, making its gestalt distinctive compared with other species of Chassalia in Borneo.
Type
MALAYSIA – Borneo, Sabah • Ranau District, Kalangaan Ridge just above Liwagu River ; 6°00′40″ N, 116°33′00″ E; alt. 1500 m; 3 May 1995; John H. Beaman 11533; holotype: K [ K001129726 ]!; isotypes: UNIMAS, IBEC GoogleMaps .
Additional material
MALAYSIA – Borneo, Sabah • Ranau District, Taman Kinabalu, side of Silau trail; 17 Jan. 1987; Amin et al. SAN 117332 About SAN ; K!, SAN • Mount Kinabalu, Bukit Burung Trail near Park Headquarters ; 6°00′ N, 116°32′ E; alt. 1500 m; 3 May 1995; Teofila E. Beaman 252; K!, UNIMAS, IBEC GoogleMaps • Mount Kinabalu, lower Siau-silau trail near Park Headquarters ; 6°00′30″ N, 116°32′40″ E; alt. 1500 m; 24 Mar. 1995; John H. Beaman 11400; K!, UNIMAS, IBEC GoogleMaps • Tambunan District, Crocker Range, Km 59.5 on Kota Kinabalu–Tanbunan Road ; 5°06′ N, 116°21′ W; alt. 1400 m; John H. Beaman 7343; K!, MSC, UKMS GoogleMaps .
Description
Shrub, 1–1.5 m tall, glabrous. Stems terete, slightly hollowed or not hollowed, usually bifurcating terminally, with each branch producing an inflorescence, internodes on old branches 3–5 cm, internode on flowering shoot 1–6.5 cm × 1–2.5 mm, sometimes slightly canaliculate. Leaf-blades elliptic to oblanceolate, 10–15 × 3–4.5 cm, apex acuminate, acumen 1.5–2 cm, base truncate; midrib slightly raised from both adaxial and abaxial, secondary nerves 10–12 on each side of the midrib, petiole 1–4 cm long. Stipule flabellate, old stipules 1 × 0.6–1 cm. Inflorescence terminal, capitula condensed into one head, peduncle 1.5–3 cm, rachis and first branches less than 0.5 mm or absent, bracts of rachis and first branches 2, elliptic to narrowly lanceolate, 13–18 × 1–1.5(–5) mm, bracts of each capitulum lanceolate, 10 × 3–5 mm. Flower not seen. Fruits dark green to bluish black, 5–7 in each capitulum, ellipsoid, 6–7 × 5.5–6 × 4.5–5 mm, pedicel 3 × 0.5 mm, calyx persistent, not accrescent, 0.5 × 1.3 mm, disc persistent, not accrescent, 0.2 × 0.6 mm. Pyrene plano-convex, 6–7 × 5.5–6 × 2.5–3 mm, dorsal surface convex, with two adjacent parallel longitudinal crests, 0.3 mm wide, 0.2 mm apart along their length, forming a longitudinal groove from apex to base between the two crests; ventral surface concave, central part slightly elevated, margin with an endocarpal outgrowth 0.4–0.5 mm wide, with a groove between the edge of endocarp and endocarpal outgrowth 0.1 mm wide; raphal opening at base of the endocarpal outgrowth, round, 0.4 mm wide, 0.3 mm from the edge of the pyrene wall, apex with a bony spine, spine triangular, erect, 1 × 0.1 mm. PGS not detected. Seed not detected.
Distribution, habitat
Borneo: Malaysia, Ranau District and Tambunan District, around Mount Kinabalu, Crocker Formation and Trusmadi Formation; lower montane forest, at 1400–1500 m a.s.l.
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