TITLE	Phryma leptostachya (Phrymaceae), a new family record in Taiwan
AUTHOR	Ming-Jer JUNG Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China Gwo-Ing LIAO Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China Chang-Sheng KUOH* Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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ABSTRACT	A newly recorded family, Phrymaceae, and species, Phryma leptostachya L., from Taiwan are described and illustrated. Phryma leptostachya was found near Chienshih Hsiang, in Hsinchu Hsien. The flowers of Phryma have unusually long hooked tips on the calyx and single-seeded fruit enclosed by the persistent calyx, which accounts for its isolated taxonomic position and recognition as an independent family, Phrymaceae. It is easily distinguished from the other related families, Scrophulariaceae, Lamiaceae, and Verbenaceae, respectively, in Taiwan.
KEYWORD	Floral anatomy; New record; Phryma; Phrymaceae; Phryma leptostachya; Pollen; Taiwan;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 46 Number 3 July 2005, page 239-244, 6 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China