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THE IDENTITY OF DISCHIDIA MICHOLITZII (APOCYNACEAE, ASCLEPIADOIDEAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2007

T. Livshultz*
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of Nebraska Omaha, 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68182, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Dischidia micholitzii N.E.Br. (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), described from a cultivated plant and erroneously assumed to be from Burma, is native to the Tenimbar and Babar island groups of Maluku, Indonesia. It is closely related to Dischidia ovata Benth. from New Guinea and Australia.

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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 2007

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