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A synopsis of the genus Embelia in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Studies in Malaysian Myrsinaceae III

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The genus Embelia in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore is revised as part of ongoing work contributing towards the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia account. Three new species are described: E. butangifolia, E. intricata and E. vinosiramosa, and a new combination is made: Embelia beccariana based on Grenacheria beccariana. A key to the 24 taxa (23 species and one subspecies) is presented, alongside distribution, habitat, phenology and a discussion of morphology of similar taxa; lectotypes are designated for names where necessary. The conservation status of each species is estimated using IUCN criteria.

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The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Project is funded by the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation under project no. 01-04-01-0000 Khas 2. In addition, this research was supported by an European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) Integration Research Grant grant and the authors are extremely grateful for this financial support, which allowed Julius and Utteridge to undertake fieldwork in Peninsular Malaysia, and for Julius to visit RBG, Kew. The Director and Staff of the Botanical Survey of India, in particular P. Lakshminarasimhan, V. P. Prasad, and T. K. Paul are thanked for their assistance in searching for, and photographing/digitising specimens at CAL. We would also like to thank two reviewers for useful comments and suggestions that have improved the manuscript.

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Alphabetical index to numbered collections examined

Alphabetical index to numbered collections examined

Anthony SA 770 (E. amentacea); Abdul Hamid 37253 (E. amentacea), 37272 (E. rugosa); Addison SFN 37370 (E. butangifolia); Aziz Bidin 65540 (E. amentacea).

Beccari 1705 (Embelia fulva); Bray FRI 11760 (E. macrocarpa); Burkill HMB 801 (E. vinosiramosa), SFN 2278 (E. ribes), SFN 6846 (E. amentacea); Burkill & Shah HMB 1106 (E. amentacea).

Carrick 848 (E. ribes); Chan FRI 13238 (E. coriacea), FRI 16955 (E. amentacea), FRI 21792 (E. amentacea); Chew 292 (E. ribes), 744 (E. myrtillus), 776 (E. coriacea), 830 (E. coriacea), 896 (E. amentacea); Cockburn FRI 7198 (E. amentacea), FRI 8219 (E. myrtillus); Corner SFN 25894 (E. coriacea), SFN 26195 (Embelia fulva), SFN 28613 (E. canescens var. glabrescens), SFN 30431 (E. amentacea), SFN 30893 (E. dasythyrsa); Cuming 2320 (E. canescens var. canescens), 2386 (E. ribes); Curtis 305 (E. lampani), 306 (E. penangiana), 1307 (E. coriacea), 1047 (E. coriacea), 1229 (E. macrocarpa).

De Silva 64 [Wall. Cat. 2307] (E. parviflora).

Gadoh & Millard KL 1084 (E. ribes), KL 1242 (E. ribes), KL 1923 (E. amentacea), KL 2269 (E. rugosa); Gardette et al. EG 1575 (E. lampani), EG 1604 (E. lampani), EG 1669 (E. coriacea), EG 1804 (E. macrocarpa), EG 2258 (E. ribes); Griffith s.n. [E.I.C. Distribution no. 3542] (E. myrtillus), s.n. [E.I.C. Distribution no. 3548] (E. amentacea).

Haniff & Nur SFN 2481 (E. coriacea); Hardial & Samsuri HS 1005 (E. amentacea); Hassan & Kadim 30 (E. coriacea); Haviland 1152 (E. angulosa); Henderson 29086 (E. calcarea), SFN 23552 (E. intricata), SFN 23602 (E. coriacea); Holttum SFN 9251 (E. amentacea), SFN 31248 (E. dasythyrsa); Hou 778 (E. amentacea); Hullett 347 (E. ribes).

Idris FRI 36811 (E. subcordata); Imin et al. FRI 68065 (E. amentacea), FRI 68477 (E. vinosiramosa).

Jaamat FMS 36526 (E. vinosiramosa); Jack s.n. [Wall. Cat. 2311] (E. canescens var. canescens); Julius & Nazri FRI 57778 (E. amentacea); Julius et al. FRI 64012 (E. pergamacea), FRI 73606 (E. intricata), FRI 57728 (E. amentacea).

Kadim & Noor 188 (E. fulva), 189 (E. dasythyrsa), K 311 (E. fulva), K 342 (E. lampani); Kamarudin FRI 31488 (E. amentacea); Kamarudin et al. FRI 31280 (E. vinosiramosa); Kiah SFN 32014 (E. ribes), SFN 32151 (E. coriacea), SFN 35991 (E. macrocarpa); Kiew RK 1896 (E. amentacea); King’s Collector 2278 (E. rugosa), 2342 (E. parviflora), 2483 (E. lampani), 2512 (E. rugosa), 3001 (E. rugosa), 3481 (E. coriacea), 3658 (E. pergamacea), 4103 (E. dasythyrsa), 4210 (E. lampani), 4375 (E. dasythyrsa), 4976 (E. coriacea), 5056 (E. coriacea), 5102 (E. dasythyrsa), 5762 (E. dasythyrsa), 6280 (E. amentacea), 6849 (E. lampani), 8134 (E. lampani), 10543 (E. coriacea), 10739 (E. penangiana); Kochummen FRI 2652 (E. beccariana), FRI 16252 (E. coriacea), FRI 31548 (E. ribes), FRI 23038 (E. butangifolia), KEP 94627 (E. ribes), KEP 98568 (E. beccariana).

Latiff 4083 (E. coriacea); Loh FRI 13378 (E. amentacea); Low et al. LYW 34 (E. coriacea).

Maingay 1004 (E. canescens var. canescens), 1313 (E. lampani), 1966 (E. ribes), 1967 (E. ribes), 2580 (E. coriacea); Melville 4775 (E. dasythyrsa), 4776 (E. amentacea); Merton 4168 (E. vinosiramosa); Mohd. Kasim bin Rajab 472 (E. myrtillus); Moysey & Kiah SFN 33771 (E. coriacea), SFN 33789 (E. amentacea); Murton 10 (E. canescens var. glabrescens).

Ng FRI 1555 (E. coriacea), FRI 1999 (E. coriacea), FRI 5929 (E. coriacea), FRI 5110 (E. canescens var. glabrescens), FRI 5823 (E. lampani), FRI 5937 (E. myrtillus), FRI 5972 (E. vinosiramosa), FRI 6149 (E. myrtillus), FRI 6235 (E. butangifolia), FRI 27407 (E. amentacea); Noorsiha et al. FRI 41039 (E. butangifolia); Nur SFN 32700 (E. coriacea), SFN 34351 (E. coriacea).

Ogata KEP 110321 (E. myrtillus).

Poore 889 (E. ribes), 1343 (E. pergamacea); Porter s.n. [Wall. Cat. 2311; right hand specimen] (E. canescens var. canescens); Purseglove P 4129 (E. intricata), P 4165 (E. myrtillus), P 4239 (E. butangifolia), P 4280 (E. intricata), P 5501 (E. ribes).

Ramli Zainuddin KEP 99765 (E. ribes); Ridley 2812 (E. coriacea), 10384 (E. rugosa), 10417 (E. lampani), 10643 (E. ribes), 11135 (E. coriacea), 13354 (E. amentacea), 15644 (E. coriacea).

Samsuri SA 291 (E. amentacea); Samsuri & Ahmad SA 461 (E. ribes), SA 709 (E. myrtillus); Saw FRI 34370 (E. vinosiramosa), FRI 36397 (E. ribes), FRI 40233 (E. butangifolia); Shah MS 1406 (E. dasythyrsa); Shah Md. Shah 77 (E. amentacea); Shah & Ali MS 2938 (E. butangifolia); Shah & Noor MS 895 (E. intricata); Shah & Sidek MS 1072 (E. parviflora); Sinclair 10868 (E. coriacea), SFN 39352 (E. macrocarpa); Sinclair & Kiah SFN 39973 (E. amentacea), SFN 40471 (E. amentacea); Spare SFN 36005 (E. coriacea); Stone 6061 (E. ribes), 6098 (E. coriacea), 14056 (E. angulosa), 15917 (E. subcordata); Stone & Chin 15258 (E. amentacea); Suppiah FRI 28220 (E. coriacea); Symington 56675 (E. butangifolia).

Tay et al. 91-0063 (E. amentacea); Teijsmann s.n. [HB 3427] (E. dasythyrsa); Teoh & Perromat 2 [KL 2602] (E. ribes), 200 [KL 2800] (E. canescens var. glabrescens), 410 [KL 3010] (E. amentacea), 764 [KL 3364] (E. vinosiramosa); Tham TSM 84 (E. amentacea).

Van Balgooy 7145 (E. butangifolia).

Wallich s.n. [Wall. Cat. 2304c] (E. ribes), s.n. [Wall. Cat. 2314] (E. coriacea); Whitmore FRI 0251 (E. intricata), FRI 3271 (E. myrtillus), FRI 3193 (E. furculosa), FRI 3297 (E. vinosiramosa), FRI 4822 (E. coriacea), FRI 12905 (E. ribes), FRI 15418 (E. vinosiramosa), FRI 15491 (E. vinosiramosa), FRI 15529 (E. myrtillus); Woods et al. 670 (E. myrtillus); Wray 1524 (E. angulosa), 2576 (E. rugosa), 3818 (E. myrtillus); Wyatt-Smith Kep. Field No. 63154 (E. canescens var. glabrescens), Kep. Field No. 63156 (E. amentacea).

Yao et al. FRI 65494 (E. coriacea); Yapp 527 (E. myrtillus).

Zainudin et al. 5326 (E. amentacea).

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Dubéarnès, A., Julius, A. & Utteridge, T.M.A. A synopsis of the genus Embelia in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Studies in Malaysian Myrsinaceae III. Kew Bull 70, 25 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-015-9570-0

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