identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
D16387A52D5ABD7F42B586EEFA4380C0.text	D16387A52D5ABD7F42B586EEFA4380C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ardisia Swartz 1788	<div><p>Dichotomous Key to Distinguish the Three Ardisia Species</p><p>1a. Inflorescence cymose, terminal; sepals triangular with golden-yellow ciliate margins; petals imbricate with white blotches at base; fruit sub-depressed, non-pentahedral........................................................................................................................ Ardisia assamica</p><p>1b. Inflorescence axillary or terminal panicle; sepals ovate to acuminate; petals broadly elliptic or Campanulate; fruit pentahedral or 5-angled ..............................................................................................................................................................................................2</p><p>2a. Branches angular, scaly; leaves oblong-elliptic with scaly abaxial surface; fruit depressed, obtusely 5-angled................................. ........................................................................................................................................................................... Ardisia quinquegona</p><p>2b. Branches cylindrical, glabrous; leaves lanceolate; fruit globose-pentahedral............................................. Ardisia quinquangularis</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D16387A52D5ABD7F42B586EEFA4380C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Baruah, Manash;Saikia, Gitartha;Devi, Nilakshee	Baruah, Manash, Saikia, Gitartha, Devi, Nilakshee (2025): Ardisia assamica sp. nov. (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae) from Assam, India. Phytotaxa 722 (1): 81-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.8
D16387A52D5ABD7942B58424FAA183B1.text	D16387A52D5ABD7942B58424FAA183B1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ardisia assamica Baruah & Saikia & Devi 2025	<div><p>Ardisia assamica Baruah, sp. nov. (Fig. 1–2).</p><p>Type: INDIA. Assam, Sonitpur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=92.007774&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.015278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 92.007774/lat 26.015278)">Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, (N 26⁰55 ′0; E 92⁰28 ′44″), 05 April 2024, M. Baruah, (Holotype, ASSAM MB0055!; Isotype, GUBH MB0056!, MB0057!) .</p><p>Description: Shrub 2–4 m tall.Branches terete, slender, smooth; mature branches glabrous, young branches rusty; lateral branches bearing small clusters of leaves. Leaves petiolate, exstipulate, lanceolate, margin undulate to entire, base and apex attenuate, 14–6 × 2.5–3 cm, alternate and spirally arranged, venation dextrose brochidodromous. Inflorescence cymose, compound cyme; peduncle slender, 0.5–1.5 cm long, glabrous. Bracts 0.5–0.6 cm long. Flowers light pink to pinkish white, punctate, with a white blotch towards the base, 0.8–1 cm long. Calyx 5, triangular, acute, punctate, non–overlapping, 1–1.5 × 0.75–1 cm, margin laciniate, ciliate, cilia tip golden yellow. Corolla 5, imbricate–contorted, basally united, tip acute, 0.5–0.3 × 0.15–0.2 cm. Androecium 5, opposite to petals, epipetalous, 0.3–0.2 × 0.8–1.2 cm; anthers sagittate, dithecous, introse, apex caudate, dehiscence longitudinal. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 0.1–0.12 cm; style cylindrical, glossy, persistent, smooth, tapering towards apex, 0.4–0.6 cm long; stigma fulcate. Fruit a globose drupe, black when mature.</p><p>Distribution: Semi-deciduous forests of Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary, Sonitpur district of Assam, India (so far known only from the type locality).</p><p>Habitat and ecology: Ardisia assamica is upright shrubs found in hilly slopes at 152 m elev., in the foothills of the Great Himalayas. The specimen with flowers and young fruits was collected in the month of May.</p><p>Phenology: Flowering occurs from March to May with a peak in April. Mature fruits are observed in between June to July taking approximately three months to develop after flowering.</p><p>Etymology: The specific epithet “ assamica ” refers to Assam the Indian state where the type specimen was collected.</p><p>Note: Ardisia assamica is a 2– 4 m. tall shrub with slender, smooth branches, rusty when young and glabrous when mature. It bears lanceolate leaves with undulate margins and attenuate base and apex, larger than A. quinquangularis but lacking the scaly abaxial surface unlike A. quinquegona . The species is readily distinguished by its terminal cymose or compound cyme inflorescence (3–10 cm long) with a short glabrous peduncle (0.5–1.5 cm), triangular sepals with golden–yellow ciliate margins and imbricate petals bearing white blotches near the base on the adaxial surface. The fruit is a globose drupe that is not pentahedral, in contrast to the obtusely 5–angled drupe of A. quinquegona and the globose–pentahedral fruit of A. quinquangularis . These consistent morphological differences, in combination with its distinctive floral and fruit characters, justify the recognition of Ardisia assamica as a new species to science.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D16387A52D5ABD7942B58424FAA183B1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Baruah, Manash;Saikia, Gitartha;Devi, Nilakshee	Baruah, Manash, Saikia, Gitartha, Devi, Nilakshee (2025): Ardisia assamica sp. nov. (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae) from Assam, India. Phytotaxa 722 (1): 81-86, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.1.8
