Ardisiarecurvipetala (Primulaceae-Myrsinoideae), a new species from northern Peninsular Malaysia.

ABSTRACT: Recent fieldwork in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, resulted in the collection of an endemic new species of Ardisia, described here as Ardisiarecurvipetala Julius, Siti-Munirah & Utteridge. The species is a member of subgenus (§) Crispardisia on account of its vascularised glands (bacterial nodules) on the leaf margin and the terminal inflorescence on a specialised lateral branch subtended by a normal leaf (rather than a reduced bract-like leaf). Ardisiarecurvipetala is unique amongst all members of §Crispardisia by having leaf margins with both vascularised glands and pustule-like structures and can be further distinguished from other Peninsular Malaysian members of this subgenus by the lamina raised between the leaf venation giving a somewhat bullate a

SUBMITTER: Julius A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512027 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature