HEPTAPLEURUM CONNATUM (ARALIACEAE): A NEW SPECIES OF HEPTAPLEURUM FROM SARAWAK, MALAYSIAN BORNEO

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Published: Mar 11, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55981/reinwardtia.2024.4787
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Araliaceae, Borneo, Heptapleurum, Sarawak

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NORAZIRA RAMNOR
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
AIDA SHAFREENA AHMAD PUAD
i-CATS University
DAVID G. FRODIN†
Royal Botanic Gardens

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A new Heptapleurum species from Sarawak, Borneo is described and illustrated as Heptapleurum connatum N.Ramnor, A.Puad & D.G.Frodin. It is an epiphyte or treelet recorded at various vegetation types such as near riverbank, limestone forests, remnant forests, hills and peat swamp forests from 10‒1,219 m asl. It is distinguished from H. truncatifructum by being slightly larger in size, having more second-order venations with narrow spacing between them, more flowers per umbel, and more stigmata on fused style. A distribution map of the species in Sarawak has also been constructed.

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NORAZIRA RAMNOR, AIDA SHAFREENA AHMAD PUAD, & DAVID G. FRODIN†. (2025). HEPTAPLEURUM CONNATUM (ARALIACEAE): A NEW SPECIES OF HEPTAPLEURUM FROM SARAWAK, MALAYSIAN BORNEO. Reinwardtia, 23(2), 77–83. https://doi.org/10.55981/reinwardtia.2024.4787
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