Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron (Ericaceae), from Tambrauw, Papua, Indonesia

2024/09/26 by Yasper Michael Mambrasar, Alan Elliott, Kennet M. Cameron · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Fern and Epiphyte Biology #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/njb.04545

openalex publication_date 2024/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron , Rhododendron mulyaniae sp. nov. and R. engelbertii sp. nov. were discovered in Tambrauw, Papua, Indonesia. Rhododendron mulyaniae resembles R. angiense in that the scales under the leaf are dendroid, but differs in having elliptic to narrowly elliptic leaves, lacking hairs on petiole, having a tubular funnel shaped corolla. Rhododendron engelbertii resembles to R. carstensense in leaf shape but differs by having narrowly tapering leaf base, scales present on the petiole, and a corolla densely scaly on the outside. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and provisional conservation threat status of these newly described species are provided.

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• A Rhododendron conservation colleague's field studies in Indonesia has yielded two new Vireya. Mambrasar, Y.M., Elliott, A.C. and Cameron, K.M. (2024), Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron (Ericac [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]

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