| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Authors: | Boyce, P. C., YENG W. O. N. G. S. I. N. |
| Journal: | Aroideana; Journal of the International Aroid Society |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Start Page: | 33 |
| Pagination: | 37 |
| Keywords: | Araceae, Borneo, Homalomena, Malaysia, rheophytic, Sarawak |
| Abstract: | Homalomena stella P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong is described as a new rheophytic species and illustrated from living plants. Based on several shared morphological characteristics the possible affinity of H. stella with Homalomena havilandii Ridl. is highlighted. |
| Full Text | Hitherto, rheophytism in Bornean Homalomena has been almost exclusively associated with the Chamaecladon Supergroup (sensu Boyce & Wong, 2008), with the only known species recorded as rheophytic from other parts of the genus being the Bruneian and NE Sarawak H. vagans P. C. Boyce (Cyrtocladon Supergroup). However, fieldwork in the highly diverse and species-rich Kanowit-Sarikei river basin of west central Sarawak has revealed an often locally abundant rheophytic species belonging to the Cyrtocladon Supergroup and clearly unmatched with any yet described species, and which we here describe. |
Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo XIV – A New Rheophytic Species of Homalomena from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
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