Gymnosiphon queenslandicus (Burmanniaceae), a new addition to the mycoheterotroph flora of tropical rainforest in Australia
Bruce Gray A F , Ridha Mahyuni B and Yee Wen Low
C D E
A Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, McGregor Road, Smithfield, Qld 4878, Australia.
B Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong Science Center, Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor kilometre 46, Cibinong 16911, Bogor, Indonesia.
C Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, 259569, Singapore.
D Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK.
E School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK.
F Corresponding author. Email: bgray779@outlook.com
Australian Systematic Botany 32(3) 139-145 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18035
Submitted: 12 May 2018 Accepted: 12 November 2018 Published: 3 June 2019
Abstract
The mycoheterotrophic genus Gymnosiphon Blume is recorded for Australia for the first time after the recent discovery of plants at Mossman Gorge, Queensland. On the basis of examination of living plants in the field as well as materials preserved in spirit, the Mossman Gorge Gymnosiphon taxon is a novelty closely related to Gymnosiphon affinis J.J.Sm., which is known only from New Guinea. The new species is here described as Gymnosiphon queenslandicus B.Gray & Y.W.Low based on floral characteristics important for species distinction in the genus.
Additional keywords: Dioscoreales, endemic, monocots, Queensland.
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