Abstract
A new species Ampelocissus asekii J.Wen, R.Kiapranis & M.Lovave of Vitaceae is described from Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a close relative of Ampelocissus muelleriana Planch., another endemic of New Guinea and differs from the latter by its densely woolly tomentose lower leaflet surface and much thicker leaflets. The new species is from the mid montane forests, whereas Ampelocissus muelleriana occurs in the lowland rain forests.
Highlights
Ampelocissus Planch. (Vitaceae) consists of ca. 95 species from tropical Asia, Africa, Australia and Central America (Wen 2007)
The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) samples were coated with gold and palladium, and observed under a Zeiss EVO M15 electron microscope with LaB6 electron source at the SEM Lab of the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution
The new species is only known from its type locality in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Summary
Ampelocissus Planch. (Vitaceae) consists of ca. 95 species from tropical Asia, Africa, Australia and Central America (Wen 2007). New Guinea (Jackes 1984). Lauterbach's locality of the species “Key-Inseln: Doela” is probably either Kai (Kei ) Dulah or Dulah Laut in the Kai (Kei) Islands of Indonesia, off the southwest coast of New Guinea.
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