TITLE A revision of Elatostema (Urticaceae) of Taiwan
AUTHOR Yuen-Po Yang
Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Bing-Ling Shih
Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Ho-Yih Liu
Department of Biology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT Fifteen species of Elatostema are recognized and described in Taiwan. Six of them are new species, namely, Elatostema acuteserratum Shih & Yang, Elatostema multicanaliculatum Shih & Yang, Elatostema rivulare Shih & Yang, Elatostema subcoriaceum Shih & Yang, Elatostema strigillosum Shih & Yang, and Elatostema villosum Shih & Yang. Line drawings of ten species are provided.
KEYWORD Elatostema; Taiwan; Taxonomy; Urticaceae;
ARTICLE INFO Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 36 Number 4 October 1995, page 259-279, 21 pages
PUBLISHER Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China