Open AccessA new species of Freycinetia (Pandanaceae; Freycinetoideae) from Luzon Island, the Philippines
Author(s) -
Ary Prihardhyanto Keim,
Chieh-Hsiang Tan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
blumea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2212-1676
pISSN - 0006-5196
DOI - 10.3767/blumea.2020.65.02.02
Subject(s) - biology , bract , botany , inflorescence
A new species of Freycinetia ( Pandanaceae ; Freycinetoideae ) from Llavac, Quezon Province in Luzon Island, the Philippines, is proposed here, namely Freycinetia nonatoi . Freycinetia nonatoi is characterized by a lobed auricle of the sheath with conspicuous spines on the margins and bright yellow bracts. These three morphological features distinguish it from the nearest species, F. sumatrana . The discovery of F. nonatoi also marks the first record of a member of the section Auriculifoliae with spiny margins.