Ardisiawhitmorei (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae), a new species from north east of Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Ardisia whitmorei Julius & Utteridge, sp. nov. ( Primulaceae - Myrsinoideae ), a member of Ardisia subgenus Stylardisia on account of the style protruding from the closed petals prior to anthesis, is herein described and illustrated as a new species. This new species is easily distinguished by the combination of the inflorescences with a slender rachis branched to two orders, the corolla lobes are abaxially glabrous with usually up to only two gland-dots near the apex and the brochidrodromous secondary veins with double loops near the margin.