| 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: | 38 |
| Pagination: | 43 |
| Keywords: | Araceae, Borneo, Homalomena, limestone., Malaysia, Sarawak |
| Abstract: | Homalomena selaburensis P.C.Boyce & S.Y.Wong is described as a taxonomic novelty of the Homalomena Supergroup from forested Karst limestone in Samarahan Division, SW Sarawak, and compared with the most similar species described so far from Sarawak (Homalomena passa S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce), and from Peninsular Malaysia (Homalomena curvata Engl.). An identification key is provided and Homalomena selaburensis is illustrated from living plants. |
| Full Text | The Homalomena Supergroup (sensu Boyce & Wong, 2008) is primarily a continental tropical Asian taxon, with only limited representation in the Indomalayan archipelago. Nonetheless, fieldwork on Borneo has revealed several locally restricted species, all novel (e.g., Baharuddin & Boyce, 2010; Wong et al., 2013), and which we are describing as they flower in cultivation. One such further novelty is here described. |
Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo XV: A Novel Limestone-Obligated Homalomena from SW Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
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