Heterostemma cucphuongense (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Vietnam
Tran TB, Han LN, Hai DV and others. PhytoKeys, May 2020.
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A new species of Heterostemma, a climbing milkweed relative, described from Cuc Phuong in Vietnam.
It is separated from the similar H. succosum by the shape of the inflorescence axis, the corolla lobe margins and the colour of the upper corolla surface.
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Heterostemma cucphuongense (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae), a new species from Vietnam is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species Heterostemma succosum Kerr. Heterostemma cucphuongense differs from H. succosum by the morphology of the rachis of the inflorescence, the margins of the corolla lobes and the colour of the adaxial surface of the corolla.
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