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SIX NEW SPECIES OF VACCINIUM (ERICACEAE) FROM NEW GUINEA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

G. Argent  and
P. Wilkie
G. Argent
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK E-mail: p.wilkie@rbge.org.uk
P. Wilkie
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK E-mail: p.wilkie@rbge.org.uk
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Abstract

Six new species of Vaccinium, identified as new to science by the late George Argent while compiling a revision of Vaccinium sect. Orianthe for New Guinea, are described and illustrations provided.

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EricaceaeIndonesianew speciesPapua New GuineaVaccinium
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , November 2020 , pp. 439 - 453
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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2020)

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Deceased.

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