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A taxonomic revision of the genus Gomphostemma Wall. ex Benth. in Sabah and Sarawak is presented. Three species, G. microcalyx Prain, G. javanicum (Blume) Benth., and G. curtisii Prain are recognised; one new species, G. hirsutum Walsingham, is described.
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We would like to thank the curators of BM, E, L, and SAR for granting permission to work in their herbaria, and to SING, GH, and BO for making the required specimens available on loan. Thanks to the Tobu Foundation for making fieldwork possible and to Professor E. Soepadmo and Suzana Sabran for organising that. We are grateful to Ruth Kiew for her discussion on the genus. Thanks also to Melanie Thomas for translating the Latin diagnosis, to Juliet Williamson for the illustration and to Steve Bachman for help with the distribution map and conservation assessments.
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Walsingham, L., Bramley, G.L.C. A revision of the genus Gomphostemma (Lamiaceae) in Sabah and Sarawak. Kew Bull 65, 479–485 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-010-9228-x
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