Diplycosia platyphylla (Ericaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines

Abstract

Diplycosia platyphylla P.W.Fritsch, a new species from Mindanao Island, Philippines, is described and illustrated. This species is most similar to the Bornean Diplycosia urceolata but differs by its green or slightly flushed pink petioles 4–7 mm long, wider leaf blades, acute calyx lobe apices, and lavender mature fruiting calyx. The new species is known only from a single collection made from Mount Apo in North Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao.

Ericaceae of Sulawesi: A new species of Diplycosia, a new variety of Vaccinium paludicolum and one rediscovery

“…This is because many of the plants are epiphytic in habit and small, especially the flowers, which allows the plants to be easily overlooked (Argent and Widjaja 2015). Therefore, it is not surprising that some new species from various regions in Malesia have been described recently such as D. rigidifolia (Fritsch and Bush 2016), D. platyphylla (Fritsch and Amoroso 2016), D. kalimantanensis (Wilkie and Argent 2016), D. kitangladensis (Fritsch and Amoroso 2017) and D. benitotanii (Argent 2018).…”