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Thismia kelantanensis (Thismiaceae), a new species from Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia

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A new species of Thismiaceae, Thismia kelantanensis Siti-Munirah, found in deep forest in the state of Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia, is described and illustrated. Thismia kelantanensis is characterised by its mitriform inner tepals, so falls within section Sarcosiphon. This species closely resembles T. clavigera (Becc.) F. Muell. from Malaysia (Sarawak and Langkawi) and Thailand and T. betung-kerihunensis Tsukaya & H. Okada from Kalimantan, Indonesia. However, it differs in flower shape, colour, the warty claviform appendages and the mitriform hood-shaped forms in six parts on its mitre.

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This research was carried out as part of the Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Project at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation through the National Council for Scientific Research and Development under Project No. 01-04-01-000 Khas 2 entitled “Safeguarding the Forest Plant Diversity of Peninsular Malaysia” and the 10th Malaysia Plan Development Project entitled “Dokumentasi dan Inventori Flora Malaysia”. I would like to thank the State Forestry Department of Kelantan, Malaysia, and University Malaysia Kelantan for organising the expedition and inviting our team to participate. Special thanks to Zulhazman Hamzah and Nik Yuszrin Yusof for informing us of the existence and specific locality of Thismia during the expedition. I also thank Mohd Nazri Ahmad from the FRIM team for assistance in the field. Last but not least, I am grateful to Ruth Kiew for discussion, confirming the taxonomic status of this new species and for comments on the manuscript, Dr Lilian Chua for assisting in assessing the conservation status and Mohd Faizal Mat Tahir for much help during preparation of the manuscript. Many thanks also to Mohamad Aidil Noordin for drawings in Fig. 2.

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  1. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109, Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia

    Siti-Munirah Mat Yunoh

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Siti-Munirah Mat Yunoh

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Mat Yunoh, SM. Thismia kelantanensis (Thismiaceae), a new species from Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. Kew Bull 73, 42 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-018-9767-0

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