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Checklist of Pacific Operculina (Convolvulaceae), Including a New Species
- Pacific Science
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 61, Number 4, October 2007
- pp. 587-593
- Article
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A new species of Operculina (Convolvulaceae), O. polynesica Staples, is described from the Pacific. This brings to five the number of species known from Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. A key for identification is provided, nomenclature and distributions are summarized, and a list of specimens examined is included to aid herbarium curators in naming Pacific material.