Vol. 80 No. 2 (2025)
Articles

A new species of Borneoa (Araceae) from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

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  • Kartini Saibeh,
  • Nor Rasyidah Abdul Wahab
Kartini Saibeh
Faculty of Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia
Nor Rasyidah Abdul Wahab
Faculty of Tropical Forestry, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17856

Published 2025-07-18

Keywords

  • Araceae,
  • Borneoa,
  • Malaysian Borneo,
  • Schismatoglottideae

How to Cite

Saibeh, K., & Wahab, N. R. A. (2025). A new species of Borneoa (Araceae) from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Webbia, 80(2), 245–248. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17856

Copyright (c) 2025 Kartini Saibeh, Nor Rasyidah Abdul Wahab

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Abstract

Borneoa rawogensis Kartini & Nor Rasyidah is described as taxonomically novel species. Borneoa rawogensis is a lowland mesophytic species found at c. 40  m a.s.l. distinguished from all described Borneoa by lacking prominent sterile interstice that separating the pistillate and staminate zones. 

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