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THE GENUS CYRTANDRA (GESNERIACEAE) IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2004

G. L. C. BRAMLEY ,
A. WEBER ,
Q. C. B. CRONK  and
M. H. BOKHARI
G. L. C. BRAMLEY
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR and Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
A. WEBER
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Q. C. B. CRONK
Affiliation:
UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, 6804 Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
M. H. BOKHARI
Affiliation:
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Multan, Multan, Pakistan
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Abstract

Nine species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) are recognized in Peninsular Malaysia. Three (C. cupulata, C. pendula and C. wallichii) are common and occur more or less throughout the area; C. pendula is also recorded from Singapore. Four (C. dispar, C. gimlettei, C. patula and C. suffruticosa) have more restricted distributions, and two (C. lanceolata and C. stonei) are local endemics. Three species and one variety originally described by Ridley are here reduced to synonymy: C. barbata (=C. cupulata), C. falcata (=C. suffruticosa) and C. rotundifolia (=C. pendula), and C. cupulata var. minor (=C. cupulata). Keys for fieldwork and herbarium use are presented and general information is provided. The appendix by M.H. Bokhari contains descriptions of leaf anatomy for eight of the nine species recognized and a key based on anatomical characters.

Keywords

CyrtandraGesneriaceaeleaf anatomyMalaysiaSingaporetaxonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , November 2003 , pp. 331 - 360
Copyright
© 2003, Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

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