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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-12
Page range: 172–178
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Thismia brunneomitra, another new species of Thismia (Thismiaceae) from Ulu Temburong, Brunei Darussalam

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidická 25/27, CZ-60200 Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Jalan Tungku Link, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Jalan Tungku Link, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
mycoheterotrophy Malesia mixed dipterocarp forest Sarcosiphon Monocots

Abstract

A new species of Thismia (Thismiaceae) from northwest Borneo is described and illustrated. Thismia brunneomitra was discovered in 2015 in lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in the Ulu Temburong National Park, Temburong district of Brunei Darussalam. The new species is characterized by brown to blackish flowers with twelve darker vertical stripes on the perianth tube, inner tepal lobes that are connate to form a mitre with three very short processes at the apex, three-toothed apical margin of the connective and large wing-like appendage of the connective. An updated determination key of Thismia species found in Borneo is included.