Hanguana deflexa (Hanguanaceae), a new forest species from Sarawak, Borneo

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Commelinales · Topics: Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Hanguana deflexa sp. nov. (Hanguanaceae) from Lawas district, Sarawak, Malaysia (northern Borneo) is described and illustrated, bringing the total number of species in Borneo to eight. The new species differs from all other recognized Hanguana species by a combination of flat leaf blade, deflexed infructescences, one-seeded dull red fruits with centrally positioned stigma and globose seed with wedge-shaped ostiole. Revised key for Bornean Hanguana species is presented.

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