Biology:Myanmaranthus
Myanmaranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae. It includes a single species, Myanmaranthus roseiflorus, which endemic to Myanmar and known only from a single location in Kachin State. It is an herbaceous plant up to 2.5 meters tall which grows from a rhizome, with pink flowers.[1]
The plant was collected in the buffer zone of Hkakaborazi National Park, growing in a disturbed roadside area through primary subtropical moist evergreen forest at 568 metres elevation.[1]
The genus and species were described in 2022.[2] Myanmaranthus is most closely related to genus Phrynium, but differs in having a rosulate habit, a loose paniculate inflorescence arising from the rhizome, an absence of interphylls and bracteoles, and fertile bracts that each hold a single pink flower.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tanaka, N.; Ohi-Toma, T.; Suksathan, P.; Aung, M.; Poulsen, A.; Mohamad, S.; Armstrong, K. (2022). Myanmaranthus roseiflorus, a New Genus and Species of Marantaceae from Myanmar. Journal of Japanese Botany. 97(4): 187-196.
- ↑ "Myanmaranthus roseiflorus Nob.Tanaka & K.Armstr.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77309030-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q123471062 entry
 |  |
