<i>Kandelia obovata</i> (Rhizophoraceae), a new mangrove species from Eastern Asia

2003/05/01 by Chiou-Rong Sheue, Chiou‐Rong Sheue, Ho-Yih Liu +3
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Marine and coastal plant biology

paper · doi:10.2307/3647398

Abstract

Abstract Kandelia (Rhizophoraceae) has long been regarded as a monotypic mangrove genus. Recent studies in chromosome number, molecular phylogeography, physiological adaptation, and leaf anatomy, however, reveal that there are two well differentiated sets of geographical populations separated by the South China Sea. These are recognized as two distinct species, Kandelia candel (L.) Druce and Kandelia obovata Sheue, Liu &amp; Yong sp. nov.

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