Author(s): David Lorence | Warren Wagner
Journal: PhytoKeys
ISSN 1314-2011
Volume: 4;
Start page: 53;
Date: 2011;
Original page
Keywords: Conservation | French Polynesia | Marquesas Islands | Oxalis | Oxalidaceae | unifoliolate
ABSTRACT
Oxalis simplicifolia Lorence & W. L. Wagner sp. nov., a new species from the Marquesas Islands (Ua Huka) is described and illustrated. It differs from the other Marquesas species, O. gagneorum, insimple, unifoliolate glabrous leaves, minutely glandular-puberulent calyx lobes, shorter corolla lobes, erect capsules, and smaller seeds. As its habitat is under serious threat from human impact, feral animals, and weeds, we concluded this new species should be added to the IUCN Red List as critically endangered (CR).
Journal: PhytoKeys
ISSN 1314-2011
Volume: 4;
Start page: 53;
Date: 2011;
Original page
Keywords: Conservation | French Polynesia | Marquesas Islands | Oxalis | Oxalidaceae | unifoliolate
ABSTRACT
Oxalis simplicifolia Lorence & W. L. Wagner sp. nov., a new species from the Marquesas Islands (Ua Huka) is described and illustrated. It differs from the other Marquesas species, O. gagneorum, insimple, unifoliolate glabrous leaves, minutely glandular-puberulent calyx lobes, shorter corolla lobes, erect capsules, and smaller seeds. As its habitat is under serious threat from human impact, feral animals, and weeds, we concluded this new species should be added to the IUCN Red List as critically endangered (CR).
