Monotagma sect. Tubularia Hagberg & R.Erikss., 2011

Hagberg, Mats & Eriksson, Roger, 2011, New names in Monotagma (Marantaceae), Phytotaxa 20 (1), pp. 1-25 : 16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.20.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4776646

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/360B87B2-EE49-FF9D-6BDC-D1D7FD47F284

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Felipe

scientific name

Monotagma sect. Tubularia Hagberg & R.Erikss.
status

sect. nov.

Monotagma sect. Tubularia Hagberg & R.Erikss. , sect. nov.

Differt a speciebus caeteris Monotagmatis mesocarpio unistratoso, cellulis parietibus tenuibus, et arillo tubulari.

Type: Monotagma smaragdinum (Linden & André) K.Schum.

Pericarp with 1-layered mesocarp. Seed narrowly cylindrical to narrowly pyramidal; aril tubular without lobes or with two string-shaped straight lobes.

Discussion:— Monotagma sect. Tubularia comprises 17 species. It is characterized by having fruits with a one-layered mesocarp with unsclerified cells, and tubular arils with laterally united lobes. These features are apomorphic for this section ( Hagberg 1990b).

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