Lagerstroemia ruffordii (Lythraceae), a New Species from Vietnam and Cambodia

Trang Thanh Pham; Shuichiro Tagane; Phourin Chhang; Tetsukazu Yahara; Phetlasy Souradeth; Thu Thi Nguyen

doi:10.18942/apg.201705

Lagerstroemia ruffordii (Lythraceae), a New Species from Vietnam and Cambodia

Trang Thanh Pham, Shuichiro Tagane, Phourin Chhang, Tetsukazu Yahara, Phetlasy Souradeth, Thu Thi Nguyen

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Keywords: DNA barcoding, Indochina, Lagerstroemia, Lythraceae, new species

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2017 Volume 68 Issue 3 Pages 175-180

DOI https://doi.org/10.18942/apg.201705

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Abstract

A new species of Largerstroemia ruffordii T. T. Pham & Tagane (Lythraceae) from Vietnam and Cambodia is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to L. petiolaris in having petioles more than 0.9 cm long, but distinguished mainly by its narrower leaves, larger flowers and distinctly 6-ridged calyx tube. DNA barcodes of the two chloroplast regions of rbcL and matK and one ITS of nuclear ribosomal DNA are also provided.

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