A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. (Pandanaceae; Freycinetoidea) with obvious pseudopetiolate basal leaf from Mount Tombrok in the vicinity of theArfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, is newly described as Freycinetia pseudopetiolataA.P.Keim, K.Kartawinata & W.Sujarwo. The possession of the pseudopetiolate basal leaf form places this new species in the section Pseudopetiolosae; thus marking the first presence of the section for mainland New Guinea.

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doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2022.67.02.09
Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants

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Keim, A. P., Kartawinata, K., Mustaqim, W.A., & Sujarwo, W. (2022). A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. (Pandanaceae; Freycinetoideae) with pseudopetioliform leaves from Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 67(2), 156–158. doi:10.3767/blumea.2022.67.02.09