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Issue: Vol. 675 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.675.1.1
Page range: 1-10
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Thismia perlisensis (Thismiaceae), a new red-annulus Thismia species from Peninsular Malaysia

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Perlis Nature and Wildlife, 01000, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
Perlis Nature and Wildlife, 01000, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia.
Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Perlis, Kilometer 2, Jalan Kaki Bukit, 01000 Kangar, Perlis.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
mycoheterotrophic new species Peninsular Malaysia Perlis Thismiaceae Monocots

Abstract

A new species, Thismia perlisensis, found during a scientific expedition in the Perlis State Park, is described and illustrated. The new species was discovered in a wetland forest on a limestone foothill. Morphological description, photographic data including habitat, and a key to the species of the Thismia Sect. Thismia Subsect. Brunonithismia recorded from Malaysia are provided. The new species is easily distinguished from the similar species, T. arachnites, T. javanica, T. tentaculata, and T. kenyirensis by the prominent reddish dome-shaped annulus instead of ring-like with rim, deeply trilobed stigma with bifid and subulate lobes, and claviform apices of the inner tepals.

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