THE GESNERIACEAE OF SULAWESI VI: THE SPECIES FROM MEKONGGA MTS. WITH A NEW SPECIES OF CYRTANDRA DESCRIBED
ABSTRACT: Field exploration of
the flora of the Mekongga Mountainous area of Southeast Sulawesi was conducted
from 2009 to 2011. Herbarium specimens collected during this exploration and
additional collections from Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) included 21 species in
nine genera of the family Gesneriaceae. These comprise one species of
Aeschynanthus, four species of Agalmyla, one species of Codonoboea, seven
species of Cyrtandra, one species of Epithema, three species of Monophyllaea,
two species of Rhynchoglossum, one species of Rhynchotechum and one species of
Stauranthera. Twelve of these species are considered endemic to Sulawesi while
the rest are known to occur on neighbouring islands or are more widely
distributed. Monophyllaea merrilliana, previously known only from the
Philippine Islands and Borneo, is newly recorded for Sulawesi. A new species of
Cyrtandra collected in the Mekongga area, C. widjajae, which resembles C.
gorontaloensis from North Sulawesi but differs in having shorter pedicels and
curved rather than straight fruits, is described.
Author: ABDULROKHMAN
KARTONEGORO, DANIEL POTTER
Journal Code: jpbiologigg140010
