Andreas Wistuba Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 More slides from 1994...: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 One of the diagnostics for M. platytyrea subsp platytyrea is that its leaves have elliptic lamina or are broadest below the middle, 12x5- 20x9 cm., apex short to long-acuminate, base abruptly narrowed, but it is reported to be the most common of the two sub species in the wetter north west of New Guinea Island. Yet? Sub species antoinii supposedly has has leaves wider in their upper half according to the Huxley & Jebb revision (1993). Also the leaves in these plants are far more undulate than those I am familiar with in Australia and Central Province, PNG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Wistuba Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 One of the diagnostics for M. platytyrea subsp platytyrea is that its leaves have elliptic lamina or are broadest below the middle, 12x5- 20x9 cm., apex short to long-acuminate, base abruptly narrowed, but it is reported to be the most common of the two sub species in the wetter north west of New Guinea Island. Yet? Sub species antoinii supposedly has has leaves wider in their upper half according to the Huxley & Jebb revision (1993). Also the leaves in these plants are far more undulate than those I am familiar with in Australia and Central Province, PNG. Hello Derrick, what do you think? Another new one? All the best Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 have you a picture to the clypeoli ? this caracter seem to me also very important. jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Wistuba Posted June 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 have you a picture to the clypeoli ? this caracter seem to me also very important. jeff Dear Jeff, these are pictures I made 20 years ago when I was not yet really interested in ant plants. These are all I have. All te best Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hello Derrick, what do you think? Another new one? Hello Andreas. It certainly is possible but without knowing the range of variations throughout all of a possible species habitats, it would not be wise to make a judgement especially from a photograph. One day one hopes, we will have a more defined method of deciding what makes a taxon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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