taxonID	type	description	language	source
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — PHILIPPINES. Province of Palawan: Municipality of Coron; Sitio Malbato, Mt. Talon (12 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N, 120 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E), April 2013, Suarez et al. 13222 (holotype: PNH! isotype: USTH! 012286 - 012294).	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	diagnosis	This species is easily distinguished from other species of the genus by having petals being carnose and thick, corolla lobes not recurved, corolla pubescent with prominent striations on each lobe, calyx puberulent and fruit sparsely scabrid.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	description	Tree, 5 – 10 m, numerously branched; branches 2 – 6 cm thick, terete, puberulent. Stipules deciduous, triangular, 2 – 3 mm long from base to tip, 3 mm wide, apex acuminate to cuspidate, base truncate to rounded, glabrous. Petioles 1 – 2 cm long, glabrous. Leaves opposite, isophyllous, blades elliptic to ovate, chartaceous, 6.5 – 13.5 x 3 – 8 cm, glabrous, adaxial and abaxial surface areolate-colliculate, margins entire to undulate, apex acuminate, base attenuate, midrib prominent; secondary veins 5 – 7 on each side of the midrib, venation anastomosing. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, capitate, multiple flowers, axillary, solitary; peduncle slender, 1.5 – 5.5 cm long; flowers actinomorphic, bisexual, white petals, 4 – 6 - petalous, prominent striations on petals, 2.5 – 4 cm long; calyx cupuliform, 2 mm long, 2 mm wide individually, puberulent; corolla lobes white when fresh, black when dried, 10 – 12 mm long, not recurved, carnose, lanceolate, colliculate abaxially and pubescent adaxially; corolla tube cylindral, pubescent, 10 – 13 mm long; stamen basifixed, alternate with corolla lobes, included in the corolla throat; anthers white to yellowish, 4 – 6 - merous depending on the number of petals present, 5 mm long, puberulent, wholly to partially exserted; style filiform, colliculate 5 – 10 mm long, stigma bilobed, colliculate, 5 – 8 mm long, exserted; ovary bilocular. Fruit multiple, globose to subglobose, green, brown when dried, sparsely scabrid, 1 – 3 cm long, 1 – 1.5 cm wide, pedicel 2 – 4 cm long; seeds numerous 3 – 6 mm long, 5 mm wide, ovoid.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	distribution	Distribution & habitat: — Endemic to the Philippines. Collected from Mt. Talon, Coron Palawan, thriving in dry and fertile soil among thickets of grasses and low shrubs.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — This species is named based on the morphological character of its corolla lobes being fleshy and thick with striations prominently seen.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting specimens collected from March – May.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	discussion	Discussion: This species closely resembles Morinda coreia in the morphology and indumentum of vegetative parts but is different and can easily be distinguished from other Malesian Morinda species by having petals being carnose and thick, corolla lobes not recurved, corolla pubescent with prominent striations on each lobe, calyx puberulent and fruit sparsely scabrid. Table 1 shows main differences that separate M. carnosa from M. coreia.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — Examinations of several undetermined herbarium specimens of Philippine and Malesian Morindeae from different herbaria revealed that there were no other previous collections of M. carnosa other than the sheets examined in this study. Furthermore, less than 10 mature individuals were observed in the area and not being widely distributed. We consider Morinda carnosa to be critically endangered [CR C 2 a (i)], based on the categories of the IUCN (2001). Habitats of M. carnosa are threatened by anthropogenic activities such as tourism, rise of commercial infrastructures, logging, slash and burn methods, and agricultural expansion in Palawan and may significantly decrease the population of M. carnosa.	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
0C5B87EB34288464FF004B50E73FF1DB.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens studied (paratypes): — PHILIPPINES. Island of Visayas: Provjnce of Antique, Municipality of Tibiao, Baranggay Sta. Ana, Mt. Madja-as, April 2014, Arriola, Plan, and Alejandro 012295 - 012303 (USTH!).	en	Venturina, Russell Evan L., Suarez, Ethan Elijah L., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D. (2017): Morinda carnosa (Morindeae-Rubiaceae), a new species from Palawan, Philippines. Phytotaxa 308 (1): 141-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.15
