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SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF BORNEAN ZINGIBERACEAE: III. TAMIJIA: A NEW GENUS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2000

S. SAKAI
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Anćon, Panama
H. NAGAMASU
Affiliation:
The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606–8501, Japan
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Abstract

A new monotypic genus, Tamijia (Zingiberaceae), and its species T. flagellaris are described from Sarawak, Borneo. T. flagellaris is quite unique with the lateral staminodes connate to the labellum, the plane of distichy of the leaf shoot transverse to the rhizome, long trailing inflorescences and ovary unilocular with parietal placentation. Although the species is placed in Alpineae based on the plane of distichy, it is quite distinctive from most of the species in the tribe in some other characters, and is important in considering the current system of tribes and genera of the family.

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Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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