New Species of Araceae from Brunei (original) (raw)

Notes on Araceae of Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia

2011

This represents about 23% out of an estimated 140 species and 39% of the 28 genera of aroids reported for Peninsular Malaysia. These include 24 species that are new records for Kelantan, including the recently described Homalomena kualakohensis Zulhazman, Mashhor & P.C.Boyce, and the very rare Rhaphidophora corneri P.C.Boyce, refound after 75 years.

Notes on the genus Lygodium Sw.(Schizaeaceae) in Malaysia

2004

ten species of Lygodium are enumerated for Malaysia. Of these ten species, L. auriculatum and L. polystachyum were not recorded for Sabah and Sarawak, and L. merrillii was not recorded for Peninsular Malaysia. iNtroDuctioN Lygodium is a pantropical genus comprising c. 40 species. it also occurs in temperate regions (South Africa, u.S.A, Japan, Chile, and New Zealand). Holttum (1959) treated the genus in the family Schizaeaceae. the plants are twining climbers mainly in secondary forest. Fronds of young plants of Lygodium are dichotomously branched, but later fronds develop into a series of alternate unequal dichotomies. the rachis-branches are variously branched and bear leaflets with the sporophores at the ends of their veins. Fronds of larger species may climb to a height of 9-10 m. in the comprehensive account of the genus Lygodium Sw. in the Malay Peninsula, Holttum (1955) listed seven species, namely, L. borneense Alderw., L. circinnatum (Burm. f.) Sw., L. flexuosum (L.) Sw., L. longifolium (Willd.) Sw., L. microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br., L. polystachyum Wall. ex t. Moore and L. salicifolium C. Presl. the genus was revised by Holttum (1959) for Flora Malesiana and a total of 14 species were recognised including the seven species listed above in the Malay Peninsula.