Pittosporum peridoticola (Pittosporaceae), a new ultramafic obligate species restricted to Kinabalu Park (Sabah, Malaysia)

Kinabalu Park, in Sabah (Malaysia) on Borneo Island, is renowned for the exceptionally high plant diversity it protects, with at least 5000 plant species enumerated to date. Discoveries of plant novelties continue to be made in Sabah, especially on isolated ultramafic outcrops, including in the genus Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) with P. linearifolium from Bukit Hampuan on the southern border of the Park, and P. silamense from Bukit Silam in Eastern Sabah, both narrow endemics restricted to ultramafic soils. A distinctive new species of Pittosporum (P. peridoticola J.B.Sugau and Ent, sp. nov.)... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sugau, John B.
Dokumenttyp: ARTICLE
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Schlagwörter: Hyper-endemic / Mount Tambuyukon / Soil chemistry / Ultramafic obligate / malaisie / bornéo / Pittosporum peridoticola / environnement stochastique / espèce en danger / ultramafique / diversité botanique / diversité floristique
Sprache: Englisch
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