{"id":317606,"date":"2021-08-06T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-aroid-species-found-in-myanmar\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:32:10","slug":"new-aroid-species-found-in-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-aroid-species-found-in-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"#New aroid species found in Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#New aroid species found in Myanmar<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Typhonium edule. Credit: K.Z.Hein
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Typhonium is the largest genus in the aroid family (Araceae). It comprises of about 100 species of tuberous perennial herbs, and is\u00a0most often found in wooded areas. 12 species in the genus Typhonium have been\u00a0found in Myanmar.<\/p>\n

During the\u00a0exploration of\u00a0family Araceae in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, a researcher came across an enigmatic Typhonium species collected in Monywa and Budalin Township of Monywa District in August 2020. \u00a0<\/p>\n

After careful morphological examination and comparing it with\u00a0the relevant literature, the\u00a0researchers confirmed that it was a new species, and named it Typhonium edule, referring to the inflorescence and the leaves of the species eaten by local people.\u00a0The study\u00a0was published in Phytotaxa. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“Typhonium edule is the 13th representative of the genus Typhonium in Myanmar,” said Mark Arcebal K. Naive, a Filipino PhD candidate at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Science<\/a>s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Typhonium edule is a seasonally dormant herb.\u00a0It grows in tropical dry forest with open to semi open canopy at elevations between 50\u201385 m above sea level. The Burmese people call it ‘kyee-chay’ and cook its inflorescences and leaves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Owing to the insufficient information on\u00a0the distribution and population size of Typhonium edule\u00a0in the wild, the researchers proposed that\u00a0the species\u00a0should be treated as ‘data deficient’ (DD) following the Red List criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).<\/p>\n\n

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\n MARK ARCEBAL K. NAIVE et al, Taxonomic studies of Araceae in Myanmar II: Typhonium edule, a remarkable new aroid species from Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Phytotaxa<\/i> (2021). DOI: 10.11646\/phytotaxa.513.2.7<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
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