Potentilla wilhelminensis

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Potentilla wilhelminensis

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Description

Leaves pinnate, 4-8 cm long, petiole up to 0.5 cm. Stipules membranous, silky outside. Sepals triangular, 2-3 mm long, indumentum as epicalyx. Petals elliptic, 3-3.5 by 2-2.8 mm, yellow. Stamens 5, filaments c. 1.5 mm, anthers c. 0.7 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present (Irian Jaya present)

New Guinea, only seen from Irian Jaya.

Notes

The species was collected on Mt Trikora in 1913 and on Mt Jaya in 1936. Remarkably it has not been re-collected during more recent explorations of these mountains by G.S.Hope, J.-M. Mangen and J. Raynal.