Novelties in Fissistigma (Annonaceae) from Borneo.

Turner, I. M.

Novelties in Fissistigma (Annonaceae) from Borneo.

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Turner, I. M.

Date published

October 2, 2009

Abstract

Five new species of are described from Borneo. sp. nov. is a species of lowland and hill forest mostly recorded from Sabah. sp. nov. is similar to (Miq.) Merr. of the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. sp. nov. is from Mount Kinabalu. is a robust plant known from a couple of collections from Sarawak. sp. nov. is a species from hill and montane forest recorded from Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak. A new combination in is made for Diels. Two recently described species of from Borneo ( Irawan and Irawan) are reduced to synonymy of (Miq.) Steenis and (Hook. f. & Thomson) D. Das, respectively. Both species of are lectotypified.