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Didymocarpus geitleri, a remarkable new species ofGesneriaceae with deceptive pollen flowers

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Didymocarpus geitleri spec. nov. is described from Sungai Pandan, Kuantan distr., Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Distinctive features include: leaden-grey leaves with long, erect hairs on the upper side and whitish, campanulate flowers with a long exserted, bright yellow style. The colouring of the latter is caused by densely arranged glands. Together with two yellow blotches in front of the filament insertion, the style apparently acts as an anther (pollen) dummy.

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  1. Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030, Vienna, Austria

    Anton Weber

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The paper and the species is dedicated to my greatly respected teacher of Systematic Botany, Prof. DrLothar Geitler, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

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Weber, A. Didymocarpus geitleri, a remarkable new species ofGesneriaceae with deceptive pollen flowers. Pl Syst Evol 165, 95–100 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936039

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