Saurauia decolorata (Actinidiaceae), a new species from Mindanao, the Philippines Author Olimpos, Shiella Mae B. Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA & Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc., Bacolod City, Negros Occidental 6100, Philippines Author Penneys, Darin S. 0000-0003-0727-2829 Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA penneysd@uncw.edu Author Salas, Daryl S. 0000-0002-7229-076X Natural Science Department, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Southeastern Philippines, Davao City, Philippines biodaryl@gmail.com Author Coritico, Fulgent P. Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao (CEBREM), Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines & Plant Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines Author Amoroso, Victor B. Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao (CEBREM), Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines & Plant Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines Author Fritsch, Peter W. 0000-0002-3606-663X Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 - 3400, USA pfritsch@fwbg.org text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-07-02 658 1 99 108 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.658.1.4 journal article 300734 10.11646/phytotaxa.658.1.4 9c78dd16-1262-4d79-af16-57b82a3a6bc7 1179-3163 13217564

TABLE 1. Comparison of Saurauia decolorata, S. avellana, and S. elegans morphology.

	S. decolorata	S. avellana	S. elegans
Branchlet, petiole, and abaxial leaf indumentum	Rusty-colored tomentum with a combination of long (1–1.2 mm) ovate or ovate-lanceolate scales, and shorter (<1 mm) irregularly orbicular to ellipticovate scales	Reddish brown to yellowish brown tomentum with lanceolate or narrowly ovate (0.5–1.5 mm) scales	Rusty-colored to reddish brown with long (1–3 mm) bristle-like scales (possessing lanceolate base and seta-like apex)
Leaf length/width ratio	2.9–3.5	1.7–2.8	3.2–5.9
Leaf base	Cordate	Round to slightly obtuse	Round
Leaf margin	Crenate	Serrate	Crenate
Number of leaf secondary veins per side	16–21	13–17	25–35
Adaxial leaf surface	Shiny and glabrous except for very few scales on base of midrib	Dull and sparsely tomentose on midrib and secondary veins	Shiny and glabrous
Inflorescence position	Axillary and ramiflorous	Axillary and ramiflorous	Axillary
Inflorescence type	Fasciculate cyme	Fasciculate simple or compound umbel	Panicle
Peduncle length (cm)	0.5–1.6	1.6–4.2	6.0–13.0
Outer sepals: shape	Orbicular to widely ovate	Oblong-ovate	Oblong-ovate
Outer sepals: color	Pinkish green (basally green, becoming pinkish green apically)	Light green to yellowish green	Light green or orangish brown
Outer sepals: indumentum	Sparse, appressed, weak, green or pink ovate-lanceolate scales	Dense reddish brown to yellowish brown tomentum and with abundant, appressed, lanceolate scales	Dense to moderate orangish brown tomentum and appressed, bristle-like scales
Inner sepal shape	Orbicular to widely ovate	Oblong to widely obovate	Elliptic-obovate
Petal shape	Flambellate	Widely oblong to widely obovate	Oblong to obovate
Petals: apex	Erect but apex slightly recurved	Erect	Erect