Three new species of boesenbergia (zingiberaceae) from Sabah, Malaysia

Nyee Fan Lam and Halijah Ibrahim and Yen Yen Sam and Rozainah Mohammad Zakaria and Axel Dalberg Poulsen (2024) Three new species of boesenbergia (zingiberaceae) from Sabah, Malaysia. PhytoKeys, 247. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1314-2011

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Abstract

Three new species of Boesenbergia, B. bosuangii sp. nov., B. ganaensis sp. nov. and B. gokusingii sp. nov. were discovered in Sabah, Malaysia. Boesenbergia bosuangii is similar to B. stenophylla R.M.Sm. in the narrowly ovate lamina but differs in the shape of the bract and the calyx. Boesenbergia ganaensis is closely allied to B. burttiana R.M.Sm. but differs in the absence of a ligule, the longer petiole, the obtuse leaf base, the acute leaf apex, the bilobed calyx and the anther dehiscing by pores. Finally, B. gokusingii is similar to B. variegata R.M.Sm., by the single leafy shoot but differs in having an unequal, ovate lamina, a cordate leaf base, an acute leaf apex and the anther dehiscing by pores. The three new species are described and illustrated in detail. With the addition of these new species, there are in total 13 species with one variety in Sabah.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Biodiversity, Borneo, endemic, new species, wild gingers
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany > QK1-989 Botany > QK504-(638) Cryptogams R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology > RM1-950 Therapeutics. Pharmacology > RM300-666 Drugs and their actions
Department:	INSTITUTE > Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Depositing User:	ABDULLAH BIN SABUDIN -
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2025 13:51
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2025 13:51
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42775

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