A New Name, and Notes on Extra-Floral Nectaries, in Lagunaria (Malvaceae, Malvoideae)

Authors: Craven, L.A.; Miller, C.; White, R.G.

Source: Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, Volume 51, Number 2, July 2006 , pp. 345-353(9)

Publisher: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland

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Abstract:

The Australian taxon Lagunaria patersonius subsp. bracteata is raised to specific rank as L. queens- landica, based upon morphological and ecological dissimilarities between it and the autonymic taxon, L. patersonius subsp. patersonius. The latter taxon occurs on the southwest Pacific Ocean islands, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Extra-floral nectaries are reported in Lagunaria, apparently for the first time, and contrasted with those occurring in species of Hibiscus sections Bombicella and Furcaria.

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Keywords: MALVACEAE; HIBISCUS; LAGUNARIA; EXTRA-FLORAL NECTARIES

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651906X622283

Publication date: 2006-07-01

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